# Incident 20110313003509I: Mooney M20B, Cottonwood, AZ, March 13, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2011, 12:00 local time
- Place: Cottonwood, AZ
- Airport: Cottonwood
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7301° N, 112.0351° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COTTONWOOD (P52), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7301&lon=-112.0351&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74729, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N74729) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20B (registry code 5870206, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 732 total, 577 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110313003509I

## Narrative

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

ON 3/13/2011 PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WENT TO COTTONWOOD AIRPORT AZ AT APPX 1200 WHILE TAXIING N74729 TO THE WASH RACK PILOT DECIDED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT. ON LANDING PILOT FAILED TO PROPERLY FLARE AIRCRAFT AND LANDED HARD ON THE NOSE LAND GEAR. IMPACT CAUSED PARTIAL COLLAPSE OF NOSE GEAR RESULTING IN ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES IMPACTING THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO STOP AND WAS ASSISTED OFF OF THE RUNWAY BY AIRPORT OFFICIALS AND COTTONWOOD FIRE RESCUE PERSONNEL BLK 31 H & I HOURS INDICATED ARE DUE TO THE PROGRAM NOT ALLOWING O VALUE, ACTUAL FLIGHT TIME FOR THESE BLOCKS SHOULD REFLECT O

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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