# Incident 20030706017349I: Mooney M20C, Staunton-Waynes, VA, July 6, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2003, 15:30 local time
- Place: Staunton-Waynes, VA
- Airport: Shenandoah Valley Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2638° N, 78.8964° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHENANDOAH VALLEY RGNL (SHD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2638&lon=-78.8964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9484V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9484V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 25 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030706017349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRMAN STATES THAT HE WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GOES AT SHENANDOAH REGIONAL AIRPORT IN PREPARATION FOR TAKING THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AIRPLANE PRACTICAL TEST. ON THE THIRD LANDING, HE WAS TOO FAST, THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED, HE DID NOT CORRECT APPROPRIATELY AND PORPOISED A SECOND TIME, THIS TIME MUCH HIGHER THAN BEFORE. HE APPLIED FULL POWER TO COMMENCE A GO AROUND, THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND BEFORE THE ENGINE CAUGHT, HE STRUCK THE RUNWAY AGAIN, THIS TIME FIRMLY ON THE NOSE GEAR. HE CONTINUED THE GO AROUND AND RETURNED FOR AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. HE WAS NOT AWARE THAT HE HAS STRUCK THE PROP UNTIL HE WAS TAXIING TO THE RAMP AND NOTICED VIBRATION. UPON SHUT DOWN, HE NOTED THAT THE PROPELLER TIPS WERE BENT BACK APPROXIMATELY 2 TO 3 INCHES. THE AIRMAN ALSO NOTED, WHEN ASKED, THAT THE MIXTURE CONTROL WAS LEANED APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH. WHEN ASKED WHY IT WAS LEANED, THE AIRMAN STATED THAT IT WAS FOR THE AIR DENSITY AND THAT WAS THE WAY HE WAS TAUGHT BY THE AIRCRAFT OWNER.

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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