# Incident 20050617013479I: Mooney M20D, Indianapolis, IN, June 17, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2005, 15:45 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Mount Comfort Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6609U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6609U-2013-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20D (registry code 5870210, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20d) (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 M20D
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 730 total, 150 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/20050617013479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MOUNT COMFORT (MQJ) AIRPORT WITH THE INTENDED DESTINATION OF SPRING CREEK (44I) AIRPORT. ON DEPARTURE FROM RUNWAY 34 AND AFTER THE GEAR HAD BEEN RETRACTED, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO BACK FIRE AND RUN ROUGH. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE TAXIWAY PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 16. THE LANDING GEAR HAD NOT BEEN EXTENDED.

## Other reports on N6609U (1)

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

- [Incident 20070707825979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070707825979I), Jul 7, 2007: Mooney M20D (N6609U), Mackinac Islan, MI, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft landed with landing gear not fully in down and locked position.

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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