# Incident 20010819025179I: Mooney M20M, Trinity, CA, August 19, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2001, 21:00 local time
- Place: Trinity, CA
- Airport: Trinity Center Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9828° N, 122.6937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRINITY CENTER (O86), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9828&lon=-122.6937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2154X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2154X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20M (registry code 5870222, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20M
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,278 total, 200 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/20010819025179I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT THEY HAD A HARD LANDING ON RUNWAY 14 AND BEGAN TO PORPOISE DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE GEAR FAILED AND THE NOSE HIT THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO GROUND LOOP TO THE LEFT LEAVING THE RUNWAY. DESCRIPTION OF THE DAMAGE IS THAT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED THE MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED DAMAGING THE PROPELLER, NOSE GEAR DOORS, MAIN GEAR COVERS AND THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N2154X (1)

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

- [Incident 20230609006399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230609006399I), Jun 9, 2023: Mooney M20M (N2154X), Manville, NJ, Minor damage. A Mooney M20 landed on runway 25 at 47N and experienced a propeller strike upon touchdown. Aircraft taxied to the ramp. There were no injuries.

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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