# Incident 20080708846749I: Mooney M20M, Bridgeport, CT, July 8, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2008, 10:30 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, CT
- Airport: Igor I Sikorsky Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1635° N, 73.1262° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1635&lon=-73.1262&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75PH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N75PH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20M (registry code 5870222, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 100 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080708846749I

## Narrative

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

(-23) NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DUE TO HARD LANDING, RUNWAY 24, AT IGOR SIKORSKY MEMORIAL AIRPORT (BDR). THE STUDENT PILOT STATED FEELING SLIGHT GUSTS OF WIND WHILE LANDING. WHILE OVER THE NUMBERS AT APPROXIMATELY 80 KNOTS IAS HE FELT A SLIGHT GUST TWIST THE PLANE SLIGHTLY BUT NOT UNSETTLING, HE PULLED THE THROTTLE SLOWLY TO IDLE AND BEGAN TO FLARE AT APPROXIMATELY 69 KNOTS IAS. HE THEN FLOATED STRAIGHT AND LEVEL FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 SECONDS BEFORE FEELING ANOTHER SLIGHT GUST.  WHILE TRIMMING BACK AND ADDING BACK PRESSURE AND FLOATING ANOTHER 2 SECONDS, STUDENT PILOT THEN LANDED HARD, CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE.  HE STATED THAT AFTER EXITING THE PLANE THE WIND WAS GUSTING MODERATELY IN THE RUNWAY DIRECTION.  THE BDR TOWER REPORTED THE WIND DIRECTION WAS 210 DEGREES AT 13 KNOTS GUSING TO 23 KNOTS.

## Other reports on N75PH (2)

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

- [Incident 20160824015289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160824015289I), Aug 24, 2016: Mooney M20M (N75PH), Stevensville, MD, Minor damage. Pilot landed at W29 on rwy 11 , and the landing gear was not extended. There were no injuries to the occupants.
- [Incident 20090531009639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090531009639I), May 31, 2009: Mooney M20M (N75PH), Mount Pocono, PA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was landing at Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport (mpo) located in tobyhanna, PA. Pilot was landing on runway 23 with a crosswind from 260 at 13…

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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