# Incident 20120916020859I: Mooney M20R, Richmond Hts, OH, September 16, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2012, 12:30 local time
- Place: Richmond Hts, OH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5606° N, 81.5077° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Richmond Heights, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5606&lon=-81.5077&mi=10
- Aircraft: N999JW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N999JW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20R (registry code 5870225, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,460 total, 970 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120916020859I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INDICATED THAT DURING THE LANDING PHASE AT 38D, HE ESTABILISHED A HIGHER THAN NORMAL SINK RATE. ONCE RECOGONIZED, HE ADDED FULL POWER. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED NOSE FIRST CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND AS WELL AS BOUNCING THE AIRCRAFT BACK INTO THE AIR. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED A SECOND TIME THIS TIME WITH THE NOSE WHEEL PARTIALLY COLLAPSED STRIKING THE PROPERLLER AGAIN. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THOUGHT THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A PORPOISING EVENT AND APPLIED FULL POWER TO INITIATE A TAKEOFF AND DID INDEED TAKEOFF. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLEW THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE KCFG AIRPORT. UPON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE CAUSED BY THE HARD LANDING AND BOUNCE AT 38D CAUSING ADDITIONAL PROPELLER DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED OFF THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N999JW (1)

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

- [Incident 20160724011509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160724011509I), Jul 24, 2016: Mooney M20R (N999JW), Oshkosh, WI, Minor damage. On July 24, 2016 Mooney M20R N999JW was landing on runway 27 (green dot) at Oshkosh Wittman Regional Airport (kosh). Weather was VMC with winds 210 at 7 KTS.…

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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