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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20R · Mena, AR · August 12, 2010

Date
August 12, 2010 · 09:20 local
Place
Mena, AR
Airport
Mena Intermountian Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N100DX
Reported as
Mooney M20R
Reported engine
Continental IO-550 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,279 total1,000 in this make and model58 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.

During takeoff roll below rotatation airspeed a loud thump was heard. Take off aborted. Inspection revealed nose landing gear tire blown out which had caused the nose landing gear to collapse damaging prop.

As the FAA filed it

DURING TAKEOFF ROLL BELOW ROTATATION AIRSPEED A LOUD THUMP WAS HEARD. TAKE OFF ABORTED. INSPECTION REVEALED NOSE LANDING GEAR TIRE BLOWN OUT WHICH HAD CAUSED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE DAMAGING PROP.

Other reports on N100DX · 2

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