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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20M · Melbourne, FL · May 7, 2007

Date
May 7, 2007 · 14:00 local
Place
Melbourne, FL
Airport
Melbourne International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9149X
Reported as
Mooney M20M
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,500 total3,200 in this make and model20 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 attempted a crosswind landing on runway 9R at kmlb. Aircraft nose gear collapsed, aircraft veered off right side of runway, and skidded approximately 250 feet and came to rest about 3200 feet from the approach end of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT ATTEMPTED A CROSSWIND LANDING ON RUNWAY 9R AT KMLB. AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY, AND SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 250 FEET AND CAME TO REST ABOUT 3200 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY.