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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20R · Wurtsboro, NY · May 30, 2008

Date
May 30, 2008 · 13:00 local
Place
Wurtsboro, NY
Airport
Wurtsboro-Sullivan County
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N300ME
Reported as
Mooney M20R
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
28 total1,507 in this make and model100 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) Short field approach with airspeed 15 to 20 knots higher than recommended. On third landing attempt aircraft porpoised and bounced prior to pilot initiating a go around and returning to cdw unaware of the prop having struck the runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) SHORT FIELD APPROACH WITH AIRSPEED 15 TO 20 KNOTS HIGHER THAN RECOMMENDED. ON THIRD LANDING ATTEMPT AIRCRAFT PORPOISED AND BOUNCED PRIOR TO PILOT INITIATING A GO AROUND AND RETURNING TO CDW UNAWARE OF THE PROP HAVING STRUCK THE RUNWAY.