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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Bellingham, WA · October 3, 2012

Date
October 3, 2012 · 11:40 local
Place
Bellingham, WA
Airport
Bellingham International
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1021K
Reported as
Mooney M20J
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total5 in this make and model5 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.

Upon landing at Bellingham intl airport the pilot lost directional control of the aircraft allowing it to roll off runway 34 to the east. After regaining control the pilot taxied the airplane back onto the runway and struck a runway light while doing so. This caused minor damage to the left main gear door and the faring between the fuselage and wing.

As the FAA filed it

UPON LANDING AT BELLINGHAM INTL AIRPORT THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT ALLOWING IT TO ROLL OFF RUNWAY 34 TO THE EAST. AFTER REGAINING CONTROL THE PILOT TAXIED THE AIRPLANE BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT WHILE DOING SO. THIS CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DOOR AND THE FARING BETWEEN THE FUSELAGE AND WING.