20041029028119I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20M · Truckee, CA · October 29, 2004

Date
October 29, 2004 · 20:15 local
Place
Truckee, CA
Airport
Truckee-Tahoe Airport
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N91595
Reported as
Mooney M20M
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,250 total3 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

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) The pilot departed rhv at about 6:50 pm for a VFR flight to trk. Upon arrival at trk, the pilot noted a thin layer of fog that was developing at the approach end of runway 28. The pilot felt the fog would not cause a visibility problem and continued his approach for landing to runway 28. The aircraft passed through the fog layer which took about one (1) second. As the aircraft broke out of the fog layer, approximately 20 feet above the ground, the pilot tried to arrest his descent but the aircraft would not respond. The pilot initiated a go-around and added full power and retracted the landing gear. The aircraft continued to sink and contacted the ground left of the runway centerline with the landing gear in transit. The aircraft skidded approximately 250 yards and came to rest on the airport taxiway. When airport personnel arrived at the site, it was noted that the aircraft was covered with frost.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT DEPARTED RHV AT ABOUT 6:50 PM FOR A VFR FLIGHT TO TRK. UPON ARRIVAL AT TRK, THE PILOT NOTED A THIN LAYER OF FOG THAT WAS DEVELOPING AT THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 28. THE PILOT FELT THE FOG WOULD NOT CAUSE A VISIBILITY PROBLEM AND CONTINUED HIS APPROACH FOR LANDING TO RUNWAY 28. THE AIRCRAFT PASSED THROUGH THE FOG LAYER WHICH TOOK ABOUT ONE (1) SECOND. AS THE AIRCRAFT BROKE OUT OF THE FOG LAYER, APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, THE PILOT TRIED TO ARREST HIS DESCENT BUT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE PILOT INITIATED A GO-AROUND AND ADDED FULL POWER AND RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SINK AND CONTACTED THE GROUND LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN TRANSIT. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 250 YARDS AND CAME TO REST ON THE AIRPORT TAXIWAY. WHEN AIRPORT PERSONNEL ARRIVED AT THE SITE, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS COVERED WITH FROST.