20111025025449I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20K · Middletown, RI · October 25, 2011

Date
October 25, 2011 · 18:30 local
Place
Middletown, RI
Airport
Newport State Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N777MT
Reported as
Mooney M20K
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total1,000 in this make and model20 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.

On October 25, 2011, at approximately 1830 eastern standard time (EST), a Mooney M20K, N777MT being flown by pilot/privacy data omitted failed to control the aircraft during the landing phase. The aircraft sustained minor damage. The pilot of the aircraft stated, during landing on runway 34 at Newport State Airport (uuu), he experienced wind shear, the aircraft hit the ground hard and went nose high. Pilot of the aircraft applied full throttle and continued his flight. Upon return to uuu and landed, the pilot alleges that he then noticed the propeller blades damage.

As the FAA filed it

ON OCTOBER 25, 2011, AT APPROXIMATELY 1830 EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST), A MOONEY M20K, N777MT BEING FLOWN BY PILOT/^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FAILED TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE LANDING PHASE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT STATED, DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 34 AT NEWPORT STATE AIRPORT (UUU), HE EXPERIENCED WIND SHEAR, THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE GROUND HARD AND WENT NOSE HIGH. PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT APPLIED FULL THROTTLE AND CONTINUED HIS FLIGHT. UPON RETURN TO UUU AND LANDED, THE PILOT ALLEGES THAT HE THEN NOTICED THE PROPELLER BLADES DAMAGE.

Other reports on N777MT · 1

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