# Incident 20090825049329I: Mooney M20J, Stonington, ME, August 25, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2009, 13:30 local time
- Place: Stonington, ME
- Airport: Stonington
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1732° N, 68.6803° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STONINGTON MUNI (93B), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1732&lon=-68.6803&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1143G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,513 total, 787 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090825049329I

## Narrative

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

N1143G MOONEY M20J WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 25 AT STONINGTON, MAINE.THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 35 FEET BEFORE THE RUNWAY AND ABOUT THREE FEET LOWER THAN THE RUNWAY, CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO FOLD UNDER AND A PROP STRIKE. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY.

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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