# Incident 20010923024929I: Mooney M20J, Fallon, NV, September 23, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 2001, 15:05 local time
- Place: Fallon, NV
- Airport: Fallon Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4992° N, 118.7488° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALLON MUNI (FLX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4992&lon=-118.7488&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65PM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N65PM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,000 total, 7,000 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010923024929I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT'S STATEMENT: AT APPROXIMATELY 1505 DPT, I PREPARED TO LAND AT HOME BASE, FALLON MUNI (FLX), NEVADA. ALL WAS ROUTINE DOWN TO FLAREOUT ON RUNWAY 03. THEN I NOTED AN AIRCRAFT AT OR NEAR THE FAR END OF THE RUNWAY. I WAS NOT ABLE TO SEE IF HE WAS COMING OR GOING SO I INITIATED A GO-AROUND. THE WIND WAS LIGHT BUT SQUIRRELY AND WAS ACROSS THE RUNWAY IN DIRECTION. I RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR AND STARTED TO APPLY POWER. MY ATTENTION WAS ON THE OTHER AIRCRAFT BECAUSE I WASN'T CERTAIN BUT WHAT HE WAS GOING TO TAKEOFF IN MY DIRECTION. MY AIRPLANE MUSHED DOWN TO THE POINT WHERE THE PROP MADE CONTACT WITH THE SURFACE. I DIDN'T KNOW THIS AND CONTINUED THE GO-AROUND FOR A NORMAL PATTERN AND LANDING. THE DAMAGE BECAME APPARENT UPON ENGINE SHUTDOWN AT THE HANGER. THE ONLY DESCRIPTION OF THE OTHER AIRCRAFT IS THAT IT WAS A HIGH WING TYPE. IT WAS NORDO-WE HEARD NO RADIO CALLS. FOR THE RECORD, I MADE POSITION CALLS BEGINNING AT 17 MILES OUT. I DIDN'T PURSUE THE MATTER BECAUSE THE OTHER PILOT HAD DONE NOTHING ILLEGAL.

## Other reports on N65PM (1)

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

- [Incident 20060119003339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060119003339I), Jan 19, 2006: Mooney M20J (N65PM), Fallon, NV, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot reported that on final approach he was distracted and failed to lower the landing gear.

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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