# Incident 20150715011059I: Mooney M20J, Big Piney, WY, July 15, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2015, 11:25 local time
- Place: Big Piney, WY
- Airport: Mmiley Memorial Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5402° N, 110.1193° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Big Piney, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5402&lon=-110.1193&mi=10
- Aircraft: N975RJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N975RJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 320 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150715011059I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 15, 2015 AT APPROXIMATELY 23:25 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME (MDT), A SINGLE ENGINE MOONEY M20J, REGISTRATION NUMBER N975RJ, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING AT MILEY MEMORIAL FIELD AIRPORT (KBPI), BIG PINEY, WYOMING.

NEITHER THE PRIVATE PILOT, OR THE THREE PASSENGERS SUSTAINED ANY INJURIES.  WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC).

## Other reports on N975RJ (1)

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

- [Incident 19991103032039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991103032039I), Nov 3, 1999: Mooney M20J (N975RJ), Dallas, TX, Minor damage. (-23) Switch for landing gear did not work and gear indicator window was fogged.

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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