# Incident 20150502005849I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Alexander City, AL, May 2, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2015, 13:18 local time
- Place: Alexander City, AL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9440° N, 85.9539° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alexander City, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9440&lon=-85.9539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34MP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N34MP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY AIRCRAFT CORP. M20K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360-SB(2)
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150502005849I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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