# Accident 20100808040629A: Mooney M20M, Poughkeepsie, NY, August 8, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2010, 20:49 local time
- Place: Poughkeepsie, NY
- Airport: Dutchess County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6264° N, 73.8842° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6264&lon=-73.8842&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9153Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9153Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20M (registry code 5870222, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 245 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA412](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA412) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100808040629A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 8, 2010 SUBJECT AIRMAN WAS PERFORMING A NORMAL GPS INSTRUMENT APPROACH DURING VFR CONDITIONS TO RUNWAY 24 AT DUTCHESS COUNTY AIRPORT (KPOU). DURING TOUCHDOWN THE SUBJECT AIRMAN BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT SEVERAL TIMES LOOSING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND LEFT THE SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ON THE GRASS CROSSING TWO TAXIWAYS THEN GOING BACK ON THE SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY AND FINALLY COMING TO REST IN THE GRASS TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY BETWEEN TAXIWAY GULF AND HOTEL AFTER HITTING A TAXI LIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER WITH ALL THREE BLADES CONTACTING THE GROUND, DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING, RIGHT AILERON, NOSE GEAR, TAIL SECTION AT THE STRUCTRUAL TIEDOWN POINT AND BOTH MAIN GEAR DOORS. THE SUBJECT AIRMAN STATED THAT JUST PRIOR TO LANDING HE HAD AN ALTERNATOR CAUTION LIGHT FLICKERING AND THEN COME ON STEADY AND WAS DISTRACTED BY THIS CAUSING HIM TO BOUNCE THE AIRCRAFT ON LANDING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA10CA412](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA412), Aug 9, 2010: Mooney M20M (N9153Z), Poughkeepsie, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare which resulted in a hard landing, loss of directional control and runway excursion.

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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