# Incident 20081227852819I: Mooney M20F, Danville, KY, December 27, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2008, 14:30 local time
- Place: Danville, KY
- Airport: Stuart Powell Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5776° N, 84.7695° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STUART POWELL FLD (DVK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5776&lon=-84.7695&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6452Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6452Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 240 total, 70 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081227852819I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS CONDUCTING TAKEOFF WITH AN ALMOST DIRECT CROSSWIND OF BETWEEN 20 AND 27 KNOTS. PILOT STATED THAT AT ABOUT 20' HE RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR BUT THEN A SUDDEN "DOWN BURST" OF WIND PUSHED HIM BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR IN TIME. THE AIRCRAFT'S PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP SLIDING APPROXIMATELY 1400' FROM INITIAL IMPACT POINT COMING TO REST JUST OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS. THE PILOT, HIS WIFE AND FOUR-YEAR-OLD SON ESCAPED WITH NO INJURIES.

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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