# Incident 20080624839689I: Mooney M20M, Big Timber, MT, June 24, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2008, 14:35 local time
- Place: Big Timber, MT
- Airport: Big Timber
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8067° N, 109.9792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Big Timber Airport (6S0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8067&lon=-109.9792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9144C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9144C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20M (registry code 5870222, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080624839689I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 24, 2008 AT 1435 MDT A MOONEY M20M, N9144C REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE IN FLIGHT FAILURE OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND MADE A EMERGENCY LANDING AT BIG TIMBER AIRPORT, BIG TIMBER MONTANA, WHERE UPON TOUCH DOWN, THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  N9144C WAS EN-ROUTE,TO BILLINGS AIRPORT (BIL) FOR MAINTENANCE ON A KNOWN INTERMITTENT TRANSPONDER PROBLEM WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED, VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  WHEN THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED N9144C SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME AND PROPELLER GROUND STRIKE, THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BOZEMAN AIRPORT (BZN) ON JUNE 24, 2008 AT 1410 MDT.

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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