# Incident 19950315007029I: Mooney M20C, Manassas, VA, March 15, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1995, 15:00 local time
- Place: Manassas, VA
- Airport: Harry P Davis Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7468° N, 77.4826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manassas, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7468&lon=-77.4826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9339V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9339V) (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: LYC O360A1D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,750 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950315007029I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT REPORTED HE FLEW FROM MANASSAS (HEF) TO BRYCE (W92). WHEN HE LANDED AT BRYCE HE MADE A HARD LANDING. AFTER LANDING HE NOTICED A SEVERE NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY. AFTER PARKING HE LOOKED AT THE NOSE WHEEL AND SAW NOTHING UNUSUAL. HE THEN DEPARTED BRYCE. ENROUTE TO MANASSAS HE FELT THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT FULLY RETRACTED, BECAUSE HIS AIRSPEED WAS 80-100 KNOTS WHEN IT USUALLY IS ABOUT 130 KNOTS. AT CSN HE CONTACTED MANASSAS TOWER AND INFORMED THEM HE HAD A PROBLEM. ON ARRIVAL AT MANASSAS HE MADE SEVERAL LOW PASSES AT THE TOWER'S REQUEST AND THE GEAR WAS PARTIALLY DOWN. THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED MANUALLY. AFTER LANDING HE HAD NO NOSE STEERING. THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT HITTING THE VASI LIGHT DAMAGING THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE NEAR THE FUSELAGE AND DAMAGED THE PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N9339V (2)

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

- [Incident 19940419024759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940419024759I), Apr 19, 1994: Mooney M20C (N9339V), Manassas, VA, Minor damage. During touch and go landings, landed gear up.
- [Incident 19810529040319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810529040319I), May 29, 1981: Mooney M20C (N9339V), Cincinnati, OH, Minor damage. Aircraft settled and prop struck runway. Pilot was able to continue climbout and return. No landing gear problems.

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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