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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20K · Casa Grande, AZ · April 16, 2015

Date: April 16, 2015 · 15:30 local
Place: Casa Grande, AZ
Airport: Casa Grande
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N20MC
Reported as: Mooney M20K
Reported engine: Continental TSIO-520 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 406 total307 in this make and model

N20MCRegistered now · Mooney M20KS/N 25-0067 · Built 1979 Airframe modelMooney M20K Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

4-16-2015, N20MC had the nose gear collaspe due to a hard landing at cgz runway 23 @ 1530. The pilot privacy data omitted stated he caught a gust of wind on final and could not compensate fast enough and the aircraft dropped fast and hard to the runway, thus collapsing the nose gear. The aircraft slid to a stop on the left side of centerline. The engine experienced a sudden stoppage, all 3 blades were curled backwards at the tips. The pilot and passenger were not injured, the runway had minor scrapes from the prop and collapsed nose gear dragging the ground.

As the FAA filed it

4-16-2015, N20MC HAD THE NOSE GEAR COLLASPE DUE TO A HARD LANDING AT CGZ RUNWAY 23 @ 1530. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE CAUGHT A GUST OF WIND ON FINAL AND COULD NOT COMPENSATE FAST ENOUGH AND THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED FAST AND HARD TO THE RUNWAY, THUS COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ON THE LEFT SIDE OF CENTERLINE. THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN STOPPAGE, ALL 3 BLADES WERE CURLED BACKWARDS AT THE TIPS. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED, THE RUNWAY HAD MINOR SCRAPES FROM THE PROP AND COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR DRAGGING THE GROUND.