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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Vernal, UT · May 21, 2014

Date
May 21, 2014 · 19:15 local
Place
Vernal, UT
Airport
Vernal Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N711LP
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,100 total20 in this make and model20 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 noticed he was having a hard time slowing down. He realized he had forgot to lower the gear when he heart the first tick of the prop on the runway. Pilot elected to land rather than attempt to do a go-around with a damaged propeller.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT NOTICED HE WAS HAVING A HARD TIME SLOWING DOWN. HE REALIZED HE HAD FORGOT TO LOWER THE GEAR WHEN HE HEART THE FIRST TICK OF THE PROP ON THE RUNWAY. PILOT ELECTED TO LAND RATHER THAN ATTEMPT TO DO A GO-AROUND WITH A DAMAGED PROPELLER.

Other reports on N711LP · 1

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