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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Mobile, AL · July 31, 2012

Date
July 31, 2012 · 18:42 local
Place
Mobile, AL
Airport
Mobile Downtown
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9899A
Reported as
Mooney M20J
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 SER A&C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
482 total237 in this make and model10 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.

Pilot departed Mobile, AL (bfm) on runway (R14), enroute to new orleans (knew). During take-off pilot stated that airplane began to pitch up; he pushed the yoke forward while scanning instrument panel; he noticed that the autopilot was engaged. Pilot stated that after he disengaged autopilot, he attempted to level airplane; when airplane started to dive, pilot stated that he pulled back on the yoke, while advancing throttle but lost control of airplane resulting in a forced landing, on runway (R14) with the gear down and locked. Pilot applied brakes and then rolled onto grass on left side of (R14), and came to a complete stop. Airplane sustained minor damage with no injuries to crew.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DEPARTED MOBILE, AL (BFM) ON RUNWAY (R14), ENROUTE TO NEW ORLEANS (KNEW). DURING TAKE-OFF PILOT STATED THAT AIRPLANE BEGAN TO PITCH UP; HE PUSHED THE YOKE FORWARD WHILE SCANNING INSTRUMENT PANEL; HE NOTICED THAT THE AUTOPILOT WAS ENGAGED. PILOT STATED THAT AFTER HE DISENGAGED AUTOPILOT, HE ATTEMPTED TO LEVEL AIRPLANE; WHEN AIRPLANE STARTED TO DIVE, PILOT STATED THAT HE PULLED BACK ON THE YOKE, WHILE ADVANCING THROTTLE BUT LOST CONTROL OF AIRPLANE RESULTING IN A FORCED LANDING, ON RUNWAY (R14) WITH THE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. PILOT APPLIED BRAKES AND THEN ROLLED ONTO GRASS ON LEFT SIDE OF (R14), AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WITH NO INJURIES TO CREW.

Other reports on N9899A · 2

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