20020619014589I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20R · Fayetteville, TN · June 19, 2002

Date
June 19, 2002 · 14:00 local
Place
Fayetteville, TN
Airport
Fayetteville Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N909WM
Reported as
Mooney M20R
Reported engine
Continental IO550G
Pilot’s flight hours
550 total90 in this make and model45 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 stated that she was participating in the all women air race classic. One of the check in points was Fayetteville, TN. She said that while landing on runway 20 at fym she was distracted by machinery operating near the runway. She then allowed the aircraft to increase speed by diving toward the runway. During the resulting float down the runway losing the excess speed, she noted another race participant on a low fly-by up runway 02. She allowed the aircraft to land hard and bounce. She stated that she was afraid to go around due to the approaching head-on aircraft so allowed the airplane to porpoise whereon the prop struck the pavement. After gaining control of the aircraft she stopped.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT SHE WAS PARTICIPATING IN THE ALL WOMEN AIR RACE CLASSIC. ONE OF THE CHECK IN POINTS WAS FAYETTEVILLE, TN. SHE SAID THAT WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 20 AT FYM SHE WAS DISTRACTED BY MACHINERY OPERATING NEAR THE RUNWAY. SHE THEN ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO INCREASE SPEED BY DIVING TOWARD THE RUNWAY. DURING THE RESULTING FLOAT DOWN THE RUNWAY LOSING THE EXCESS SPEED, SHE NOTED ANOTHER RACE PARTICIPANT ON A LOW FLY-BY UP RUNWAY 02. SHE ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO LAND HARD AND BOUNCE. SHE STATED THAT SHE WAS AFRAID TO GO AROUND DUE TO THE APPROACHING HEAD-ON AIRCRAFT SO ALLOWED THE AIRPLANE TO PORPOISE WHEREON THE PROP STRUCK THE PAVEMENT. AFTER GAINING CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT SHE STOPPED.