# Incident 20160729012619I: Mooney M20C, Three Forks, MT, July 29, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2016, 10:15 local time
- Place: Three Forks, MT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8896° N, 111.5527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Three Forks, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8896&lon=-111.5527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6045Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6045Q-2019-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (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 M20C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,459 total, 1,734 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160729012619I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY, 7TH 2016, AT MST 1030, A MOONEYM20C, N 6045Q, LANDED WITH ITS GEAR UP AT THREE FORKS AIRPORT MONTANA. VISUAL METEORLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT RECIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED.

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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