# Incident 20040704022679I: Mooney M20R, St Louis, MO, July 4, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2004, 16:33 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Louis Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6621° N, 90.6520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS (SUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6621&lon=-90.6520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1016B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1016B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20R (registry code 5870225, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20R
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 33 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/20040704022679I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 4, 2004 AT APPROXIMATELY 1633 CDT, THE PILOT OF N1016B LANDED AT SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS AIRPORT (SUS) RUNWAY 26R LOSING CONTROL AND PARTIALLY DEPARTING THE RUNWAY. N1016B, A MOONEY 20R, SUFFERED A COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE GEAR AND A PROPELLER STRIKE AGAINST THE RUNWAY DURING THE LANDING. NEITHER THE PILOT NOR ANY OF HIS THREE PASSENGERS WERE INJURED IN THE INCIDENT, ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, CHRISTOPHER BUTANO. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WERE NOT CITED AS CAUSAL BY THE PILOT. A TOWER CONTROLLER STATED HE SAW THE AIRCRAFT ON FINAL APPROACH WITH A HIGH RATE OF DESCENT FOLLOWED BY "PORPOISING." AN ON-SITE INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY AIRWORTHINESS AND OPERATIONS INSPECTORS FROM THIS OFFICE SAW EVIDENCE OF A HARD LANDING AND PORPOISING IN THE DAMAGE.

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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