# Incident 19960917035459I: Mooney M20C, Seattle, WA, September 17, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1996, 21:46 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Seattle-Tacoma International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4499° N, 122.3118° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEATTLE-TACOMA INTL (SEA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4499&lon=-122.3118&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6245U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6245U) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 230 total, 100 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960917035459I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS MAKING A STRAIGHT IN ARRIVAL FROM THE SOUTH LANDING ONTO RUNWAY 31R. HE STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN CARRYING A LOT OF POWER ON THE APPROACH AND THAT HE DID NOT HEAR THE GEAR WARNING HORN, BUT RATHER STRUCK THE RUNWAY WITH HIS TAIL SKID. HE IMMEDIATELY ADDED FULL POWER AND MADE A GO AROUND AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY ONTO RUNWAY 31L. THE PILOT STATES THAT THERE IS MINOR TAIL SKID DAMAGE AND MINOR SCRAPING ON THE PROPELLER, WITH NO CURLING.

## Other reports on N6245U (2)

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

- [Incident 19931025047899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931025047899I), Oct 25, 1993: Mooney M20C (N6245U), Nampa, ID, Minor damage. Right gear and nose wheel collapsed on rollout. Operations contrary to FAA regulations was found.
- [Incident 19790519027209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790519027209I), May 19, 1979: Mooney M20C (N6245U), Winchester, VA, Minor damage. Gear retracted on landing roll. Found loose throttle control cable.

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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