# Incident 20010930030439I: Mooney M20C, Rapid City, SD, September 30, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2001, 21:55 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Rapid City Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: W72S
- Location: 44.0453° N, 103.0574° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RAPID CITY RGNL (RAP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0453&lon=-103.0574&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7805V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7805V-2019-02-04) (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 O360A1D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 290 total, 19 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010930030439I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2001, AT 2155 CDT, A MOONEY M20C, N7805V WAS ATTEMPTING A LANDING AT THE RAPID CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT, RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD LANDED HARD AND THEN PORPOISED. HE STATED THAT HE WAS RUNNING OUT OF RUNWAY AND ELECTED TO DO A GO-AROUND PROCEDURE. THE FOLLOWING LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. ON OCTOBER 2, 2001, THE RAP FSDO WAS NOTIFIED BY THE FLIGHT SCHOOL MANAGER THAT THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER. FURTHER INVESTIGATION NOTED THE PROPELLER TIPS WERE CURLED APPROXIMATELY ONE AND A HALF INCHES DUE TO A PROP STRIKE. THERE WAS NO FURTHER VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT NOTED.

## Other reports on N7805V (2)

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

- [Incident 19990927038939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990927038939I), Sep 27, 1999: Mooney M20C (N7805V), Rapid City, SD, Minor damage. On September 27, 199, at approximately 1845 MDT, a Mooney 20-C owned by Mr. David j. eatherton, landed at the Rapid City Regional Airport, south dakota, on…
- [Incident 19871228080909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871228080909I), Dec 28, 1987: Mooney M20C (N7805V), Fairmont, MN, Minor damage. Diverted to Fairmont due to icing conditions. Lost control on landing. Nose gear collapsed. Slid into snowbank.

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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