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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Jefferson, SC · August 7, 2014

Date
August 7, 2014 · 10:45 local
Place
Jefferson, SC
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2719W
Reported as
Mooney M20E
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,987 total277 in this make and model50 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 elected to land down wind and approach to the runway was high. Aircraft touched down half way down a 4000 foot runway. Bounced several times and pilot did not elect to go around. By the time the aircraft settled on to the runway there was not enough runway left to stop. Aircraft left the runway end and the landing gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ELECTED TO LAND DOWN WIND AND APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY WAS HIGH. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN HALF WAY DOWN A 4000 FOOT RUNWAY. BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES AND PILOT DID NOT ELECT TO GO AROUND. BY THE TIME THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON TO THE RUNWAY THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH RUNWAY LEFT TO STOP. AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY END AND THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.