# Incident 20090201009029I: Mooney M20E, Santa Maria, CA, February 1, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 2009, 16:45 local time
- Place: Santa Maria, CA
- Airport: Santa Maria Pub/Capt G Allan H
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8999° N, 120.4581° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA MARIA PUB/CAPT G ALLAN HANCOCK FLD (SMX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8999&lon=-120.4581&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79340, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N79340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 176 total, 48 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090201009029I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  PILOT STATED IT WAS HIS FIRST FLIGHT AFTER THE ANNUAL INSPECTION.  WHILE CONDUCTING PATTERN WORK, HE PERFORMED SEVERAL TOUCH AND GO'S WITH NO PROBLEM, ON THE MANEUVER BEFORE FINAL LANDING, WHILE HE WAS COMING DOWN FOR ANOTHER TOUCH AND GO WITH THE OPTION TO GO AROUND NOTED TACHOMETER RPM WAS NOT INDICATING REDUCTION IN RPM.  FLARED FOR LANDING, HEARD SOMETHING SCRAPING, HE THEN DECIDED TO MAKE A GO AROUND.  COMPLETED THE GO AROUND AND LANDED SAFELY, UPON EXITING THE AIRCRAFT IT WAS NOTED THAT HE HAD PROPELLER STRIKE.

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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