# Incident 20061002020669I: Mooney M20C, Davenport, IA, October 2, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 2006, 19:00 local time
- Place: Davenport, IA
- Airport: Davenport Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6103° N, 90.5884° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAVENPORT MUNI (DVN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6103&lon=-90.5884&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78880, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78880) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 3,500 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/20061002020669I

## Narrative

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

(-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 THE PILOT STATED THAT WHEN THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED AT HIS DEPARTURE POINT THE LANDING GEAR SEEMED TO BE MORE DIFFICULT TO RETRACT THAN NORMAL.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.

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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