# Incident 20100812045559I: Mooney M20R, Mena, AR, August 12, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2010, 09:20 local time
- Place: Mena, AR
- Airport: Mena Intermountian Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5826° N, 94.2365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mena, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5826&lon=-94.2365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N100DX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N100DX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20R (registry code 5870225, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,279 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100812045559I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20200529003379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200529003379I), May 29, 2020: Mooney M20R (N100DX), Mena, AR, Minor damage. On may 29, 2020 about 1400 central daylight time, a Mooney M20R, N100DX was enroute from denton, TX (kdto) to Mena, AR (kmez) where the pilot in command landed…
- [Incident 20031019030649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031019030649I), Oct 19, 2003: Mooney M20R (N100DX), Houston, TX, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot flying the Mooney-20-R said she "touched down... At about 100 KTS". The tower controller said the Mooney was fast during a landing to the…

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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