20030427010119I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Middlefield, OH · April 27, 2003

Date
April 27, 2003 · 14:30 local
Place
Middlefield, OH
Airport
Geauga County Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6834N
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Pilot’s flight hours
204 total97 in this make and model19 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 upon landing that the nose came up about 18 inches and then back down, gave power input to reflare and landed, taxied back to parking spot. Pilot then noticed that his prop tips were bent towards the aircraft approx. four inches.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED UPON LANDING THAT THE NOSE CAME UP ABOUT 18 INCHES AND THEN BACK DOWN, GAVE POWER INPUT TO REFLARE AND LANDED, TAXIED BACK TO PARKING SPOT. PILOT THEN NOTICED THAT HIS PROP TIPS WERE BENT TOWARDS THE AIRCRAFT APPROX. FOUR INCHES.