# Incident 19980913038339I: Mooney M20C, Milbank, SD, September 13, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 1998, 16:55 local time
- Place: Milbank, SD
- Airport: Milbank Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.2305° N, 96.5661° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MILBANK MUNI (1D1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2305&lon=-96.5661&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6430U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6430U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,825 total, 500 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980913038339I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23)PILOT DONALD P. EGERT MISMANAGED THE LANDING GEAR OF N643OU, A MOONEY 20C AIRPLANE, BY REACHING OUT AND RELEASING THE LANDING GEAR DOWN LOCKING MECHANISM WHILE ON THE GROUND AFTER COMPLETING THE LANDING TO RUNWAY 31 AT THE MILBANK AIRPORT ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1998.

## Other reports on N6430U (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19950117005209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950117005209I), Jan 17, 1995: Mooney M20C (N6430U), Belle Fourche, SD, Minor damage. Narrative: on January 17, 1995, at approximately 1415 MST a Mooney MO-20C, N6430U, operated by larry p. haight, sustained minor damage when it landed gear up…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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