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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20K · Alexander City, AL · May 2, 2015

Date: May 2, 2015 · 13:18 local
Place: Alexander City, AL
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N34MP
Reported as: Mooney M20K
Reported engine: Continental TSIO-360-SB(2)
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot

N34MPRegistered now · Mooney M20KS/N 25-2028 · Built 1998 Airframe modelMooney M20K Engine modelContinental TSIO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

N34MP approached kalx at approximately 105 knots. Full flaps and gear down were executed on final. Runway 18 has a 1.4% downward gradient and the pilot reported winds from 200 at 12 knots. The aircraft bounced on initial touchdown then touched down a second time. The pilot made a decision to perform a go-around.

The pilot applied power, retracted flaps and retracted the landing gear. The aircraft had not established a positive rate of climb and made gear up contact with the runway centerline approximately 3480 feet down the runway as evidenced by the propstrike signatures. The aircraft slid to a stop approximately 700 feet later to the righthand side of the runway adjacent to the grass.

No injuries reported.

As the FAA filed it

N34MP APPROACHED KALX AT APPROXIMATELY 105 KNOTS. FULL FLAPS AND GEAR DOWN WERE EXECUTED ON FINAL. RUNWAY 18 HAS A 1.4% DOWNWARD GRADIENT AND THE PILOT REPORTED WINDS FROM 200 AT 12 KNOTS. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ON INITIAL TOUCHDOWN THEN TOUCHED DOWN A SECOND TIME. THE PILOT MADE A DECISION TO PERFORM A GO-AROUND.

THE PILOT APPLIED POWER, RETRACTED FLAPS AND RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT HAD NOT ESTABLISHED A POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB AND MADE GEAR UP CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE APPROXIMATELY 3480 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY AS EVIDENCED BY THE PROPSTRIKE SIGNATURES. THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP APPROXIMATELY 700 FEET LATER TO THE RIGHTHAND SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ADJACENT TO THE GRASS.

NO INJURIES REPORTED.