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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20M · Nantucket, MA · August 4, 2006

Date
August 4, 2006 · 13:45 local
Place
Nantucket, MA
Airport
Nantucket Memorial
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1015J
Reported as
Mooney M20M
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,391 total146 in this make and model90 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) Pilot's statement: upon landing RW24 ack, at approximately 1:30PM on August 4, 2006, the referenced aircraft incurred a prop strike. Pilot was piloting the aircraft and carrying one passenger and neither one was injured. The engine continued to run and was shut down during rollout with momentum to safely reach the south ramp. Circumstances contributing to the incident are as follows: just prior to main gear touch down, the aircraft suddenly shifted left of centerline with a dramatic increase in ground speed. As he corrected back to centerline, the plane bounced hard on main gear, then onto the nose gear. Although the engine continued running, he was afraid that the prop had struck and elected not to go around. Two more porpoise-like bounces then followed sustaining impact damage to rubber gear bushings and wheel fairings. Tires remained inflated. All three-prop tips were bent.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT'S STATEMENT: UPON LANDING RW24 ACK, AT APPROXIMATELY 1:30PM ON AUGUST 4, 2006, THE REFERENCED AIRCRAFT INCURRED A PROP STRIKE. PILOT WAS PILOTING THE AIRCRAFT AND CARRYING ONE PASSENGER AND NEITHER ONE WAS INJURED. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN AND WAS SHUT DOWN DURING ROLLOUT WITH MOMENTUM TO SAFELY REACH THE SOUTH RAMP. CIRCUMSTANCES CONTRIBUTING TO THE INCIDENT ARE AS FOLLOWS: JUST PRIOR TO MAIN GEAR TOUCH DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY SHIFTED LEFT OF CENTERLINE WITH A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN GROUND SPEED. AS HE CORRECTED BACK TO CENTERLINE, THE PLANE BOUNCED HARD ON MAIN GEAR, THEN ONTO THE NOSE GEAR. ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE CONTINUED RUNNING, HE WAS AFRAID THAT THE PROP HAD STRUCK AND ELECTED NOT TO GO AROUND. TWO MORE PORPOISE-LIKE BOUNCES THEN FOLLOWED SUSTAINING IMPACT DAMAGE TO RUBBER GEAR BUSHINGS AND WHEEL FAIRINGS. TIRES REMAINED INFLATED. ALL THREE-PROP TIPS WERE BENT.