20110219004229A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Mooney M20J · Romeoville, IL · February 19, 2011

Date
February 19, 2011 · 09:00 local
Place
Romeoville, IL
Airport
Lewis University
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N888DF
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN11FA220
Reported as
Mooney M20J
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

Aircraft landing on runway 2 at lot. On rollout, the left main landing gear collapsed slowly and the aircraft skidded to the left, hit a runway light, crossed infield grass between runways, crossed runway 9/27 and stopped in the grass to the north of runway 9/27 and west of runway 2/20. Damage to prop, left wing leading edge, left flap and aileron, left horizontal stabilizer leading edge and top skin, aft bottom of fuselage, rear bulkhead and bulkhead under horizontal stabilizer. Aircraft jacked and the landing gear lowered. Aircraft towed to windwalker aviation hangar.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LANDING ON RUNWAY 2 AT LOT. ON ROLLOUT, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED SLOWLY AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO THE LEFT, HIT A RUNWAY LIGHT, CROSSED INFIELD GRASS BETWEEN RUNWAYS, CROSSED RUNWAY 9/27 AND STOPPED IN THE GRASS TO THE NORTH OF RUNWAY 9/27 AND WEST OF RUNWAY 2/20. DAMAGE TO PROP, LEFT WING LEADING EDGE, LEFT FLAP AND AILERON, LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER LEADING EDGE AND TOP SKIN, AFT BOTTOM OF FUSELAGE, REAR BULKHEAD AND BULKHEAD UNDER HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. AIRCRAFT JACKED AND THE LANDING GEAR LOWERED. AIRCRAFT TOWED TO WINDWALKER AVIATION HANGAR.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.