# Incident 20090428005329I: Mooney M20J, Cashmere, WA, April 28, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2009, 19:15 local time
- Place: Cashmere, WA
- Airport: Cashmere-Dryden
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.5147° N, 120.4847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CASHMERE-DRYDEN (8S2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5147&lon=-120.4847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201QX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N201QX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,730 total, 660 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/20090428005329I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND OF A MOONEY M20J N201QX WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT FOR A 90 DAY CURRENCY FLIGHT.  WITH PREFLIGHT AND RUNUPS NORMAL HE DEPARTED RUNWAY 25.  HE RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AFTER A SHORT LOCAL FLIGHT AND ENTERED DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 25.  PILOT STATED THE WINDS WERE DOWN THE RUNWAY AT 20 MPH.  HE ENTERED DOWNWIND AT ABOUT 100 MPH..  ABEAM THE END OF THE RUNWAY, HE BEGAN ADDING FLAPS, AND REDUCING SPEED TO ABOUT 80 MPH.  WHEN HE TURNED FINAL HE ADDED FULL FLAPS AND REDUCED SPEED TO ABOUT 72 MPH UNTIL HE WAS OVER "THE TREE" (AN ESTIMATED 150' FROM THE RUNWAY) AND ABOUT 60-70' ABOVE TOUCHDOWN ELEVATION.  AT THIS POINT PILOT STATED HE HAD THE THROTTLE AT IDLE, OR NEARLY IDLE, AND A LEVEL ATTITUDE AND LET THE AIRSPEED FALL TO 60 MPH.  ABOUT A HALF-SECOND BEFORE TOUCHDOWN HE REALIZED HE WAS TO LOW, BUT A HALF-SECOND WAS NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR HIM TO RESPOND OR GO AROUND.  SO HE LANDED TAIL-TIEDOWN FIRST, THEN BELLY.  WITH THE 20 MPH HEADWIND THE TOUCHDOWN GROUND SPEED WAS LIKELY ABOUT 39 OR 40 MPH, SO THE DAMAGE WAS MINIMAL.  THE MOONEY DOES HAVE A GEAR WARNING HORN, BUT HE STATED HE DID NOT HEAR IT.  THERE WAS ABOUT 10 GALLONS OF FUEL IN EACH WING AND NO FIRE.

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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