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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Davenport, IA · October 2, 2006

Date: October 2, 2006 · 19:00 local
Place: Davenport, IA
Airport: Davenport Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N78880
Reported as: Mooney M20C
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,000 total3,500 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

N78880Registered now · Mooney M20CS/N 2895 · Built 1964 Airframe modelMooney M20C Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot reported that upon landing in Davenport he flared for landing. He stated that he felt as though the nose gear was settling down during rollout further than usual. The propeller struck the runway and the aircraft settled on the nose of the aircraft. The aircraft veered off the runway damaging the cowling, and aileron of the aircraft. The pilot stated that when the gear was retracted at his departure point the landing gear seemed to be more difficult to retract than normal. When the landing gear was extended at Davenport he felt that it was easier than normal. Maintenance personnel found nose gear components damaged though it was not determined which components were the root cause of the malfunction.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT UPON LANDING IN DAVENPORT HE FLARED FOR LANDING. HE STATED THAT HE FELT AS THOUGH THE NOSE GEAR WAS SETTLING DOWN DURING ROLLOUT FURTHER THAN USUAL. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY DAMAGING THE COWLING, AND AILERON OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHEN THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED AT HIS DEPARTURE POINT THE LANDING GEAR SEEMED TO BE MORE DIFFICULT TO RETRACT THAN NORMAL. WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED AT DAVENPORT HE FELT THAT IT WAS EASIER THAN NORMAL. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND NOSE GEAR COMPONENTS DAMAGED THOUGH IT WAS NOT DETERMINED WHICH COMPONENTS WERE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE MALFUNCTION.