# Incident 20011013027809I: Mooney M20E, San Jose, CA, October 13, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2001, 15:30 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Reid-Hillview Of Santa Clara
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3329° N, 121.8198° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REID-HILLVIEW OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY (RHV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3329&lon=-121.8198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2796W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2796W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Pilot flight hours: 118 total, 50 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011013027809I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 13, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 15:30 PM IT WAS OBSERVED BY TWO REID HILLVIEW AIRPORT OPERATION WORKERS (KEN BOONE, AND ERNIE PARKER) THAT THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT, A MOONEY M-20 N2796W WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LANDING ON RUNWAY 31R. THEY NOTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS COMING IN AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED FOR THE ATTEMPTED LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND. THE PILOT APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRAVELING TOO FAST AND VEERED LEFT TOWARD THE GRASS NORTH OF TAXI WAS "E". THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, THE RIGHT TIRE BLEW OUT, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED WHEN IT STRUCK THE GROUND. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED DURING THIS INCIDENT, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS LATER REMOVED BY AIRPORT GROUND PERSONNEL. A STATEMENT MADE TO THIS OFFICE BY THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT, MR. SHAWN C. O'DONNELL, CERTIFICATED NUMBER 550779981, STATED THAT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT MADE ITS INITIAL TOUCHDOWN THE NOSEWHEEL HAD AN UNUSUAL VIOLENT VIBRATION. AT THIS POINT THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO PORPOISE DOWN THE RUNWAY AS HE ATTEMPTED TO GO.

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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