# Incident 20151030017889I: Mooney M20E, Sioux Falls, SD, October 30, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 2015, 11:05 local time
- Place: Sioux Falls, SD
- Airport: Joe Foss Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5820° N, 96.7419° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOE FOSS FLD (FSD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5820&lon=-96.7419&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2789W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2789W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,120 total, 2 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151030017889I

## Narrative

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

ON FRIDAY MORNING OF OCTOBER 30, 2015 , A SINGLE ENGINE MOONEY AIRPLANE, MODEL M20E, N2789W EXPERIENCED A LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE EVENT AT THE SIOUX FALLS AIRPORT (FSD). THE PILOT DEPARTED BENSON, MINNESOTA (KBBB) ENROUTE TO EL MONTE, CALIFORNIA. DUE TO STRONG HEADWINDS THE PILOT DECIDED TO MAKE AN EARLY FUEL STOP THAN HE HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED. THE PILOT STATED HE EXTENDED HIS LANDING GEAR 2 TO 3 MILES ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 21 AT THE SIOUX FALLS AIRPORT.  THE PILOT STATED AS THE WHEELS SOFTLY TOUCHED DOWN ON THE CENTER LINE, HE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN JOLT AS THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED DOWN THE RUNWAY ANGLING TO THE RIGHT COMING TO REST NEAR THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT ONBOARD AND WAS NOT INJURED.

## Other reports on N2789W (1)

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

- [Incident 19940627025739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940627025739I), Jun 27, 1994: Mooney M20E (N2789W), Dorchester, IA, Minor damage. Engine lost power and siezed. Landed gear up in a corn field.

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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