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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20K · Huntsville, TX · March 24, 2008

Date
March 24, 2008 · 09:09 local
Place
Huntsville, TX
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N231DE
Reported as
Mooney M20K
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360LB
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 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) The engine started to sputter and lose power just after take off during climb, the pilot circled to find an open field and proceeded with an emergency off field landing. On landing roll-out the nose wheel collapsed due to the rough terrain causing the propeller to strike the ground bending the propeller and inducing an engine sudden stoppage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE ENGINE STARTED TO SPUTTER AND LOSE POWER JUST AFTER TAKE OFF DURING CLIMB, THE PILOT CIRCLED TO FIND AN OPEN FIELD AND PROCEEDED WITH AN EMERGENCY OFF FIELD LANDING. ON LANDING ROLL-OUT THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED DUE TO THE ROUGH TERRAIN CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND BENDING THE PROPELLER AND INDUCING AN ENGINE SUDDEN STOPPAGE.