# Incident 20181019020329I: Mooney M20E, Kenmare, ND, October 19, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 2018, 14:30 local time
- Place: Kenmare, ND
- Airport: Kenmare Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.6676° N, 102.0480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KENMARE MUNI (7K5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.6676&lon=-102.0480&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5829Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5829Q) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 9,133 total, 4,193 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181019020329I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ATEMPTING TO LAND AT KENMARE ARIPORT, (7K5), PILOT CHECKED AWOS AT MINOT AIRPORT (KMOT)AND IT WAS REPORTING 290 @ 26KTS GUSTING TO 36KTS. PILOT DESCENDED TO 2,800 FT MSL AND SLOWED AIRCRAFT DOWN TO BELOW GEAR SPEED OF 120KTS. DURING GEAR EXTENSION, A WIND GUST CAME UP AND THE PILOT USED TWO HANDS TO CONTROL AIRPLANE. PILOT THOUGHT GEAR WAS DOWN. (THIS AIRCRAFT'S GEAR IS MANULLY PUMPED DOWN WITH JOHNSON BAR). PILOT STATED HE HAD TO USE LOTS OF CONTORL AND POWER INPUTS TO MANAGE WIND GUSTS DURING APPROACH TO LANDING.  AIRPLANE HIT RUNWAY AND AT FIRST PILOT THOUGHT HE HAD BLOWN A TIRE OR HAD A GEAR COLLAPSE AND THEN HE REALIZED HE HAD NOT COMPLETELY EXTENDED AND LOCKED GEAR DOWN IN PLACE. AIRCRAFT CAME TO STOP ON RUNWAY AND PILOT WAS NOT INJURED IN INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N5829Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19950317007709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950317007709I), Mar 17, 1995: Mooney M20E (N5829Q), Tallahassee, FL, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot taxied from ramp area to runway 09 in heavy rain. Pilot misidentified helo pad for taxiway throat and taxied into taxi light. Damage limited…

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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