# Accident 20070524012189A: Mooney M20R, Pinehurst/Sout, NC, May 24, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2007, 17:30 local time
- Place: Pinehurst/Sout, NC
- Airport: Moore County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2372° N, 79.3911° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2372&lon=-79.3911&mi=10
- Aircraft: N904MM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N904MM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20R (registry code 5870225, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 40 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA07CA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07CA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070524012189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED HE WAS COMING IN FOR A LANDING, HE WAS HIGH, HIT GUST OF WIND, TRIED TO GO AROUND BUT IT WAS TOO LATE, HE BOUNCED ON RUNWAY AND GEAR COLLAPSED. KSOP WX-09007 10 SKC 26/9 3035 ON SITE INVESTIGATION REVEALED AIRCRAFT PANCAKED ON RUNWAY 5 LEFT OF CENTER AT APPROXIMATELY 2100-2200 FEET, PAINT TRANSFER, SCRAPE MARKS AND TIRE MARKS WERE LOCATED AT THAT POINT. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED DRIFTING LEFT OFF OF THE RUNWAY, AIRCRAFT BEGAN TURNING TO THE RIGHT. AT APPROXIMATELY 10-20 FEET FROM EDGE OF TURNOFF D. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF PROP STRIKE AND THE EMPENNAGE STRIKING THE GROUND AT THAT POINT. AIRCRAFT THEN BEGAN TURNING TO THE LEFT CROSSING TURNOFF D, AIRCRAFT CONTINUED THE TURN/LOOP TO THE LEFT AND CAME TO REST HEADING IN THE DIRECTION OF RUNWAY 23.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA07CA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07CA101), May 24, 2007: Mooney M20R (N904MM), Carthage, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The delay by the pilot-in-command to recover from a bounced landing resulting in a hard landing and subsequent collapse of the nose and left main landing gears.

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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