# Incident 20130721012149I: Mooney M20R, Chelan, WA, July 21, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2013, 16:30 local time
- Place: Chelan, WA
- Airport: Chelan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.8443° N, 120.0136° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chelan, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8443&lon=-120.0136&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9624M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9624M) (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
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 537 total, 231 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130721012149I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT COULD NOT GET INFORMATION FROM CTAF SO OVERFLEW TO CHECK WIND SOCK.  HE MADE AN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 2 FROM OVER THE LAKE AND THROUGH THE SADDLE BETWEEN THE LAKE AND THE AIRFIELD.  AFTER FLYING THROUGH THE SADDLE HE WAS UNABLE TO DESCEND FAST ENOUGH TO SLOW SPEED AND LOSE ALTITUDE.  HE INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN AT MID-FIELD BUT WAS TOO FAST.  THE AIRCRAFT BALLOONED AND HIT BACK ON THE RUNWAY VERY NOSE LOW AND HARD.  THE PILOT THOUGHT HE WAS ABOUT TO LOSE CONTROL SO HE ELECTED TO GO AROUND AND ADDED THROTTLE. AT THIS POINT HE DID NOT WANT TO TRY ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO LAND AT CHELAN SO HE FLEW TO THE BREWSTER, WA AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  AFTER LANDING AND PARKING THE AIRCRAFT HE DISCOVERED THAT THE PROP TIPS WERE BENT OVER AND THE NOSE GEAR SHOCK RUBBERS WERE DAMAGED.

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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