# Incident 20120824018829I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Falmouth, MA, August 24, 2012 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 24, 2012, 12:00 local time - Place: Falmouth, MA - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 41.5512° N, 70.6087° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Falmouth, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5512&lon=-70.6087&mi=10 - Aircraft: N231BL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231BL) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: MOONEY AIRCRAFT CORP. M20K - Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot - Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120824018829I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT KHGR (FREDERICK, MD) AT 0800 AND ENDED AT 5B6 (FALMOUTH AIRPARK, MA) ON 7-21-2012. FLIGHT TIME WAS APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS. THE AIRCRAFT FUEL WAS 72 GALLONS ON TAKE OFF AND APPROXIMATELY 36 GALLONS UPON LANDING. THE PILOT DID NOT REPORT ANY PROBLEMS WITH FUEL OR ANY OTHER MECHANICAL PROBLEMS. THERE WAS ONE PASSENGER. APPROACH WAS TO RUNWAY 07, BUT THE PILOT FELT THAT THE HE WAS TO FAST FOR THE RUNWAY (RUNWAY LENGTH IS 2298 FEET). THE WIND WAS AROUND 4 KNOTS WITH A DIRECTION OF RUNWAY 07. A GO AROUND WAS INITIATED, AND ON THE SECOND APPROACH TO RUNWAY 07, THE PILOT STATED THAT HIS RATE OF DECENT WAS 3:1 IN AN EFFORT TO CLEAR TREES AND LAND SHORT, AS TO PROVIDE ENOUGH ROLL OUT FOR THE SHORT RUNWAY. UPON CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ONCE. THE LANDING GEAR AND TIRES WERE COMPRESSED ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE MAIN GEAR DOORS (LOWER EDGES) AND THE PROPELLER TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY'S SURFACE. THE LOWER MAIN GEAR DOORS SHOWED SIGNS OF DEFORMATION ON THE LOWER EDGES. THE PROPELLER TIPS SHOWED SIGNS OF CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY AND WERE DEFORMED REARWARD APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES FROM THE TIP. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD PRACTICED SHORT FIELD LANDINGS PRIOR TO LANDING AT 5B6 AND FELT COMFORTABLE WITH LANDING ON A SHORTER RUNWAY. KFDK, WHERE THE PRACTICE LANDINGS TOOK PLACE, IS 4000 FEET IN LENGTH. HE STATED ALSO, THAT HE PREVIOUSLY HAD LANDINGS AT 5B6 A SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST THREE YEARS.THE PILOT STATED HE CAUSED HIS SINK RATE TO GET TO HIGH DUE TO THE TREES PRECEEDING RUNWAY 07. THE TREES WERE DETERMINED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 330 FEET FROM THE BEGGINING OF RUNWAY 07. ## Other reports on N231BL (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20210304003579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210304003579I), Mar 4, 2021: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N231BL), Jonesboro, AR, Minor damage. On March 04, 2021 [privacy data omitted] was taking N231BL out for a local flight from 23AR. The aircraft went off the end of the runway into a cotton field.… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.