# Incident 20170724014919I: Mooney MOONEY-20, Hayward, CA, July 24, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2017, 12:42 local time
- Place: Hayward, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6688° N, 122.0808° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hayward, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6688&lon=-122.0808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N628PA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY MOONEY-20
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,295 total, 417 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170724014919I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED HAYWARD EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (HWD) AND FLEW THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT TO BYRON CA. (C83) TO FUEL. HE RETURNED TO HWD TO PICK UP PASSENGERS FOR A TOUR OF THE BAY AREA AND GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE. UPON HIS RETURN HE FLEW THE CAL UNIVERSITY APPROACH (BASE) TO HWD THE PILOT STATED IT WAS A STABLE APPROACH AT APPROXIMATELY 76 KNOTS AND FULL FLAPS. HE BOUNCED ONCE, WHEN HE SETTLED BACK ON THE RUNWAY SHORT OF THE RUNWAY NUMBERS. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED BREAKING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TRUSS, THE RETRACT TRUSS AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR LINK. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL WELL DOORS WERE GROUND DOWN THROUGH THE SKIN. DURING THE INVESTIGATION THE MAIN LANDING GEAR FOLLOW UP DOORS WERE DENTED IN TOWARD THE WHEELS. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE HAD A FLAT SPOT

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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