# Incident 20040127002349I: Mooney M20K, St Paul, MN, January 27, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 2004, 13:20 local time
- Place: St Paul, MN
- Airport: St Paul Downtown Holman Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9346° N, 93.0604° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST PAUL DOWNTOWN HOLMAN FLD (STP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9346&lon=-93.0604&mi=10
- Aircraft: N252YB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N252YB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360MB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 560 total, 28 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040127002349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING AN ATTEMPTED LANDING AT STP, THE AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR AND PROPELLER CONTACTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE, RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND A PORTION OF THE NOSE-GEAR ASSEMBLY. BASED UPON INFORMATION RELATED TO THIS INSPECTOR DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT AT THE MSP FSDO ON 02/02/2004, THE PILOT STATED SHE THOUGHT HER APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY AT STP APPEARED A LITTLE SHORT, SO SHE ADDED SOME POWER. SHE FURTHER STATED THAT ENTERING THE FLARE, SHE TOUCHED DOWN PERHAPS NOSE GEAR FIRST, THEN BECAME AIRBORNE. SHE THEN ENTERED INTO A SERIES OF PIO'S, THE 3RD CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY BEING QUITE SEVERE. AT THIS POINT SHE EXECUTED A GO-AROUND, RE-ENTERED THE PATTERN, AND RETURNED FOR A NORMAL LANDING. AFTER SECURING THE ENGINE, SHE NOTED THE DAMAGED PROPELLER. SHE STATED SHE DETECTED NO UNUSUAL PERFORMANCE OR AIRCRAFT VIBRATION DURING THE GO-AROUND AND SUBSEQUENT APPROACH AND LANDING.

## Other reports on N252YB (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20190511004499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190511004499I), May 11, 2019: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N252YB), Perris, CA, Minor damage. The CFI and student pilot departed fallbrook airport (L18) to practice landings on the longer runway of F70. After their 6th or 7th landing to a full stop they…

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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