# Incident 20060812016889I: Mooney M20J, El Paso, TX, August 12, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2006, 17:35 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8073° N, 106.3764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EL PASO INTL (ELP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8073&lon=-106.3764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N770DT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N770DT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 242 total, 43 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060812016889I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 12, 2006, AT 1735 MDT, A MOONEY M-20J (N770DT) REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE DURING AN EMERGENCY LANDING FOR SUSPECTED LANDING GEAR FAILURE EL PASO AIRPORT (ELP) EL PASO, TX. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 THAT ORIGINATED FROM THE DONA ANA COUNTY AIRPORT (5T6) APPROXIMATELY 40 MINUTES EARLIER. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNINJURED.

## Other reports on N770DT (1)

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

- [Incident 19940222002799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940222002799I), Feb 22, 1994: Mooney M20J (N770DT), Mcpherson, KS, Minor damage. Engine quit inflilght. Forced landing off airport.

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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