# Incident 19900325021299I: Mooney M20L, Augusta, GA, March 25, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 1990, 18:05 local time
- Place: Augusta, GA
- Airport: Bush Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4490° N, 81.9908° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4490&lon=-81.9908&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1024Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1024Z-2003-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20L (registry code 5870221, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 160 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL90IA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90IA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900325021299I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO DEVELOP FULL POWER AFTER LIFTOFF. UNABLE TO EXTEND GEAR BEFORE TOUCHDOWN. SKIDDED INTO FIELD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL90IA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90IA087), Mar 25, 1990: Mooney M-20L (N1024Z), Augusta, GA, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: THE REPORTED PERFORMANCE PROBLEM DURING CLIMBOUT WAS UNDETERMINED. THE PILOT'S DECISION TO LAND WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED CONTRIBUTED TO THE MINOR DAMAGE SUSTAINED.

## Other reports on N1024Z (3)

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

- [Accident 20020813021269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020813021269A), Aug 13, 2002: Mooney M20L (N1024Z), Newberg, OR, Substantial damage. (-23) During landing pilot struck the ground hard and bounced, at some timeduring the bounce the nose gear bungee failed allowing the propeller to strike the…
- [Accident 20000908015419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000908015419A), Sep 8, 2000: Mooney M20L (N1024Z), Hailey, ID, No damage. (-23) Pilot's statement: on Friday, September 8, 2000 at about 6 p.m., I was making an approach to land on runway 31 at Friedman Memorial Airport, Hailey,…
- [Incident 19890326011979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890326011979I), Mar 26, 1989: Mooney M20L (N1024Z), Mccormick, SC, Minor damage. On go around aircraft settled to runway gear up and flaps down.

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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