# Incident 20170128012869I: Mooney M20C, Albany, GA, January 28, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 2017, 18:10 local time
- Place: Albany, GA
- Airport: Albany
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.5562° N, 84.1715° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Albany Field, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5562&lon=-84.1715&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9355V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9355V-2021-07-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (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 M20C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170128012869I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED BY TELEPHONE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INTERVIEW THAT THE LANDING WAS NORMAL UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT NOSE SUDDENLY DROPPED SLOWLY THEN THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP. THE NOSE GEAR ROD ASSEMBLY HAD CRACKED AND LET GO CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO FOLD. GEAR AFTER COLLAPSE INSPECTION PERFORMED BY EAGLES OF AMERICA, INC.  EAGLES OF AMERICA STATEMENT AS FOLLOWS:

EAGLES OF AMERICA INC.

3905 NEWTON RD.

SUITE 111

ALBANY, GA. 31701

JANUARY 30, 2017

I HAVE EXAMINED N9355V ON JANUARY 30, 2017 DAMAGE IS AS FOLLOWS.

1. PROPELLER TIPS ARE CURLED BACK.

2. LOWER COWLING IS CRUSHED INWARDS.

3. LEFT & RIGHT GEAR DOORS ARE CRUSHED.

EXAMINATION OF THE FIREWALL DOES NOT SHOW ANY WRINKLING OR BENDING. ENGINE MOUNT IS INTACT AND DOES NOT SHOW ANY SIGN OF DAMAGE. ALL DAMAGE IS CONFINED TO THE FRONT COWLING AREA, THE FUSELAGE DOES NOT SHOW ANY SIGNS OF DAMAGE. UNABLE TO EXAMINE NOSE GEAR MECHANISM AT THIS TIME.

SINCERELY,

EAGLES OF AMERICA INC.

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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