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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Ellington, CT · February 19, 2017

Date
February 19, 2017 · 10:53 local
Place
Ellington, CT
Airport
Ellington
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4289H
Reported as
Mooney M20J
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total500 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Per the FAA form 8020-9 submitted by Y90, yankee TRACON, follows.

Block #5. The pilot stated he was crabbing the aircraft into the wind for landing. He did not straighten the aircraft out enough on touchdown causing the gear to collapse. There was minor damage to the aircraft fuselage, prop and flaps. Only the pilot was on board and there were no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

PER THE FAA FORM 8020-9 SUBMITTED BY Y90, YANKEE TRACON, FOLLOWS.

BLOCK #5. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS CRABBING THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE WIND FOR LANDING. HE DID NOT STRAIGHTEN THE AIRCRAFT OUT ENOUGH ON TOUCHDOWN CAUSING THE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE, PROP AND FLAPS. ONLY THE PILOT WAS ON BOARD AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.