# Incident 20040124000759I: Mooney M20K, Bishop, CA, January 24, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 2004, 15:00 local time
- Place: Bishop, CA
- Airport: Bishop Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3731° N, 118.3636° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BISHOP (BIH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3731&lon=-118.3636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231KW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231KW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,006 total, 365 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040124000759I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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