# Incident 20041029028119I: Mooney M20M, Truckee, CA, October 29, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2004, 20:15 local time
- Place: Truckee, CA
- Airport: Truckee-Tahoe Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3201° N, 120.1396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRUCKEE-TAHOE (TRK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3201&lon=-120.1396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91595, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91595) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20M (registry code 5870222, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IGSO-540-B1A (registry code 41535, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-igso-540-b1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 3 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041029028119I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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