# Incident 20160222001459I: Mooney M20D, Santa Rosa, CA, February 22, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 2016, 10:00 local time
- Place: Santa Rosa, CA
- Airport: Charles M. Schulz - Sonoma Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5097° N, 122.8129° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLES M SCHULZ/SONOMA COUNTY (STS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5097&lon=-122.8129&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6607U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6607U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20D (registry code 5870210, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20D
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 215 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160222001459I

## Narrative

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

2/22/2016 - STS - 1730 PST - M20D MOONEY - N6607U - PART 91 FLIGHT ? THE PIC EXPERIENCED A REDUCTION IN THRUST AFTER TAKEOFF AND IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO STS LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT.

UPON GEAR RETRACTION, THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO CLIMB BUT THE PIC FEELING A REDUCTION IN POWER, REQUESTED AND WAS GRANTED AN IMMEDIATE RETURN TO STS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED DAMAGED LIMITED TO BOTH PROPELLER BLADE TIPS. FORWARD VELOCITY WAS EVIDENCED BY THE EIGHT INCHES OF AFT PROPELLER TIP CURL WHEN THE STRIKE OCCURRED. THE FIRE WALL AND NOSE GEAR SHOWED NO SIGNS OF DAMAGE AS DID THE REMAINDER OF THE AIRCRAFT.

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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