19971003033989I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20R · Clovis, NM · October 3, 1997

Date: October 3, 1997 · 12:00 local
Place: Clovis, NM
Airport: Clovis Municipal
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9163E
Reported as: Mooney M20R
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0

N9163ERegistered now · Mooney M20RS/N 29-0065 · Built 1995 Airframe modelMooney M20R Engine modelContinental IO-550 seriesReciprocating

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.

Narrative: during visual meteorological conditions with winds gusting 18 to 30 KTS, this commercial pilot with one passenger was unable to get his aircraft safely on the runway. While making a second approach attempt, the pilot landed long and in a nose down attitude (wheel barreling), which resulted in the propeller striking the runway. The aircraft suffered only minor damage and the pilot and passenger were uninjured. This investigation is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: DURING VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITH WINDS GUSTING 18 TO 30 KTS, THIS COMMERCIAL PILOT WITH ONE PASSENGER WAS UNABLE TO GET HIS AIRCRAFT SAFELY ON THE RUNWAY. WHILE MAKING A SECOND APPROACH ATTEMPT, THE PILOT LANDED LONG AND IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE (WHEEL BARRELING), WHICH RESULTED IN THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.