20070511007149I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Colorado Spring, CO · May 11, 2007

Date
May 11, 2007 · 15:30 local
Place
Colorado Spring, CO
Airport
City Of Colorado Springs Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N58062
Reported as
Mooney M20J
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
550 total400 in this make and model8 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) On may 16, 2007, inspectors of this office were notified by telephone and e-mail that N58062 had sustained damage upon landing at Colorado Springs, CO on may 11, 2007. The pilot of the aircraft stated that the damage occurred from porpoising during touch down, but was not discovered until the may 13, 2007, preflight inspection. Both propeller blade tips are curled back and scarred by contact with the runway surface. One blade tip is also torn and the retention hardware at the blade root is dislodged, causing the blade to be loose.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MAY 16, 2007, INSPECTORS OF THIS OFFICE WERE NOTIFIED BY TELEPHONE AND E-MAIL THAT N58062 HAD SUSTAINED DAMAGE UPON LANDING AT COLORADO SPRINGS, CO ON MAY 11, 2007. THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT STATED THAT THE DAMAGE OCCURRED FROM PORPOISING DURING TOUCH DOWN, BUT WAS NOT DISCOVERED UNTIL THE MAY 13, 2007, PREFLIGHT INSPECTION. BOTH PROPELLER BLADE TIPS ARE CURLED BACK AND SCARRED BY CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY SURFACE. ONE BLADE TIP IS ALSO TORN AND THE RETENTION HARDWARE AT THE BLADE ROOT IS DISLODGED, CAUSING THE BLADE TO BE LOOSE.

Other reports on N58062 · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.