# Incident 20070809017969I: Mooney M20K, Las Vegas, NV, August 9, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2007, 11:01 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2107° N, 115.1944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH LAS VEGAS (VGT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2107&lon=-115.1944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5765D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5765D-2017-10-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 427 total, 47 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070809017969I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRPLANE WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 12R. THE PILOT REPORTS THAT THERE WERE GUSTY WINDS, BUT NO SIGNIFICANT CROSSWIND. DURING THE FLARE FOR LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT "BALLOONED" (CEASED DESCENDING AND CLIMBED). THE PILOT LOWERED THE NOSE TO COMPENSATE AND ALLOW THE AIRCRAFT TO DESCEND BACK TO THE RUNWAY. IT APPEARS THAT THE PILOT'S CONTROL INPUTS RESULTED IN AN AIRBORNE PORPOISING ACTION. THE PILOT DID NOT ATTEMPT TO ABORT HIS LANDING BY INITIATING A GO-AROUND. WHEN THE GEAR CONTACTED THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE GEAR HIT HARD AND COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT THEN SKIDDED ABOUT 100 YARDS DOWN THE RUNWAY. AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE: (-23 AMENDMENT) THE BROKEN PARTS OF THE NOSE GEAR ARE NOSE GEAR TRUNION, RETRACTION TRUSS AND THE LEFT RETRACTION ROD DUE TO A HARD LANDING ON THE NOSE GEAR FIRST.

## Other reports on N5765D (2)

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

- [Accident 20110611012949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110611012949A), Jun 11, 2011: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N5765D), Page, AZ, Substantial damage. PIC taxied his aircraft, with the intention of flight, into a ditch adjacent to a helicopter pad located near where the aircraft had been parked. When exiting…
- [Incident 20020707022819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020707022819I), Jul 7, 2002: Mooney M20K (N5765D), Greeley, CO, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot declared mayday while in the landing pattern at the Greeley airport due to fuel exhaustion on a VFR flight from las vegas. Pilot elected to land on…

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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