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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Portsmouth, VA · May 14, 2010

Date
May 14, 2010 · 13:20 local
Place
Portsmouth, VA
Airport
Hampton Roads
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5913Q
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total1,000 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot failed to extend landing gear prior to landing the aircraft. During the flare to touchdown, the prop struck the runway. The pilot did a go around and climbed the aircraft back into the airport traffic pattern, extended the landing gear, and then landed the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING THE AIRCRAFT. DURING THE FLARE TO TOUCHDOWN, THE PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT DID A GO AROUND AND CLIMBED THE AIRCRAFT BACK INTO THE AIRPORT TRAFFIC PATTERN, EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR, AND THEN LANDED THE AIRCRAFT.

Other reports on N5913Q · 3

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