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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Watsonville, CA · May 22, 1984

Date
May 22, 1984 · 18:00 local
Place
Watsonville, CA
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N201AU
Reported as
Mooney M20J
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
250 total3 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Struck a concrete runway raised lip on a nose first fast landing. Failed to recover. Nose wheel collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK A CONCRETE RUNWAY RAISED LIP ON A NOSE FIRST FAST LANDING. FAILED TO RECOVER. NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED.