# Incident 20191025020429I: Mooney M20E, Sparta, WI, October 25, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2019, 16:30 local time
- Place: Sparta, WI
- Airport: Sparta/Fort Mccoy
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9587° N, 90.7378° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPARTA/FORT MC COY (CMY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9587&lon=-90.7378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5897Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5897Q) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,059 total, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191025020429I

## Narrative

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

ON 10/25/2019 A CLEAR VFR AFTERNOON AT CMY (SPARTA/FORT MCCOY AIRPORT, WI)THE PILOT HAD DIFFICULTY DEPARTING STATING THAT HE WAS NOT ABLE TO CONTACT AIRPORT. PILOT DEPARTED WITHOUT RADIO CONTACT WITH TOWER AND CONTINUED TO Y72 (BLOYER FIELD AIRPORT, WI) LANDED AND USED THE FACILITIES.  PILOT DEPARTED Y72 AND RETURNED BACK TO CMY AGAIN NOT CONTACTING TOWER FOR CLEARANCE TO LAND. UPON TOUCH DOWN PILOT STATED THE GEAR COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT SLID 400 FEET AND CAME TO A REST. PILOT UNINJURED. AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED AND TAKEN TO HANGER 18 WHERE WHEN POWER WAS TURN ON IN AIRCRAFT WITH THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE GEAR FULLY EXTENDED WITH NO PROBLEMS.

## Other reports on N5897Q (1)

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

- [Incident 20080821847059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080821847059I), Aug 21, 2008: Mooney M20 (N5897Q), Grand Ledge, MI, Minor damage. (-23) Left main gear folded after landing.

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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