20000408019719I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Topeka, KS · April 8, 2000

Date
April 8, 2000 · 18:09 local
Place
Topeka, KS
Airport
Philip Billard Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9492V
Reported as
Mooney M20C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,600 total2,400 in this make and model12 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.

(-23)Pilot was following another aircraft, PA-32, N196HP, to runway 18 at top and had been cleared to land no. 2 behind that aircraft. The PA-32 did not clear the runway until reaching the FAR end. Pilot was distracted by divided attention between landing his own aircraft and observing the aircraftahead of him. The aircraft began to porpoise, causing a prop strike and undetermined engine damage

As the FAA filed it

(-23)PILOT WAS FOLLOWING ANOTHER AIRCRAFT, PA-32, N196HP, TO RUNWAY 18 AT TOP AND HAD BEEN CLEARED TO LAND NO. 2 BEHIND THAT AIRCRAFT. THE PA-32 DID NOT CLEAR THE RUNWAY UNTIL REACHING THE FAR END. PILOT WAS DISTRACTED BY DIVIDED ATTENTION BETWEEN LANDING HIS OWN AIRCRAFT AND OBSERVING THE AIRCRAFTAHEAD OF HIM. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PORPOISE, CAUSING A PROP STRIKE AND UNDETERMINED ENGINE DAMAGE

Other reports on N9492V · 1

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