20040124000759I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20K · Bishop, CA · January 24, 2004

Date: January 24, 2004 · 15:00 local
Place: Bishop, CA
Airport: Bishop Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N231KW
Reported as: Mooney M20K
Reported engine: Continental TSIO360*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,006 total365 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

N231KWRegistered now · Mooney M20KS/N 25-0146 Airframe modelMooney M20K

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) During an interview 01-29-2004 the pilot stated he attempted to land but during the final approach just prior to touch down his attention was diverted and the aircraft "fell thru" causing the aircraft to contact the runway and then bounce into the air again. During the subsequent touchdown the propeller contacted the ground bending both blade tips and dislodging both sets of retainer rings from the blade roots. No other damage was visible.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING AN INTERVIEW 01-29-2004 THE PILOT STATED HE ATTEMPTED TO LAND BUT DURING THE FINAL APPROACH JUST PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN HIS ATTENTION WAS DIVERTED AND THE AIRCRAFT "FELL THRU" CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO CONTACT THE RUNWAY AND THEN BOUNCE INTO THE AIR AGAIN. DURING THE SUBSEQUENT TOUCHDOWN THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE GROUND BENDING BOTH BLADE TIPS AND DISLODGING BOTH SETS OF RETAINER RINGS FROM THE BLADE ROOTS. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS VISIBLE.