# Incident 20090705011199I: Mooney M20F, Portland, OR, July 5, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2009, 16:30 local time
- Place: Portland, OR
- Airport: Portland-Troutdale
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5494° N, 122.4013° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND-TROUTDALE (TTD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5494&lon=-122.4013&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4076N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4076N) (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: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,224 total, 37 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090705011199I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  COMMERICAL/INSTRUMENT (1200 HOUR PILOT) AND ANOTHER EYE WITNESS SAW THE AIRCRAFT MAKE A HARD LANDING ON THE MAIN GEAR AND THEN BOUNCE SEVERAL FEET UP IN THE AIR.  AIRCRAFT FLOATED ABOVE RUNWAY FOR ABOUT 50 FEET, AND THEN CAME DOWN HARD ON THE NOSE WITH THE LANDING GEAR 85% RETRACTED.  AIRCRAFT SKIDDED DOWN RUNWAY ON NEARLY COMPLETELY RETRACTED NOSE GEAR, AND PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON RETRACTED GEAR.  LANDING GEAR FUNCTIONED NORMALLY ONCE AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED ON JACKS ON RUNWAY.  MINOR DAMAGE TO BELLY SKINS AND NOSE GEAR DOORS FOUND, A BENT PROPELLER, AND BROKEN NOSE GEAR EXTENSION RODS OBSERVED.

## Other reports on N4076N (2)

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

- [Incident 20090331004809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090331004809I), Mar 31, 2009: Mooney M20F (N4076N), Portland, OR, Minor damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] was doing night recurrency landings at airport, Troutdale, Oregon (ttd). First landing while flare he noticed unusual noise from…
- [Incident 19861014061349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861014061349I), Oct 14, 1986: Mooney M20F (N4076N), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. Gear collapsed after landing. Suspect faulty gear motor or gear box.

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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