# Incident 20120430008089I: Mooney M20E, Auburn, AL, April 30, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2012, 11:00 local time
- Place: Auburn, AL
- Airport: Auburn University Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6151° N, 85.4340° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUBURN UNIVERSITY RGNL (AUO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6151&lon=-85.4340&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79357 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 410 total, 200 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120430008089I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED HE COMPLETED HIS BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST AND PROCEEDED WITH THE APPROACH. HE MOVED THE "JOHNSON BAR" FORWARD, AND LOCKED IT IN PLACE, AND THE SINGLE GREEN  INDICATION LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AND LANDED SOFTLY ON RUNWAY 36 ON THE MAIN GEAR WITH THE NOSE COMING DOWN A FEW SECONDS LATER. SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 30-40 KNOTS HE FELT THE NOSE GEAR GIVING WAY. AFTER THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND SEVERAL TIMES HE LOWERED THE JOHNSON BAR TO DROP THE AIRCRAFT ON ITS BELLY.

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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