# Incident 20170726015339I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Fairfield, NJ, July 26, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2017, 15:10 local time
- Place: Fairfield, NJ
- Airport: Essex County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8752° N, 74.2814° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ESSEX COUNTY (CDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8752&lon=-74.2814&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57535 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY AIRCRAFT CORP. M20K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,445 total, 702 in this make and model, 151 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170726015339I

## Narrative

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

ON 7/27/2017, IT WAS REPORTED THAT AIRCRAFT N57535 HAD A PROPELLER STRIKE AT CDW AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1510 ON  7/26/2017 WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 22.

THE PILOT PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING WRITTEN STATEMENT.

LANDING AT KCDW ON 7/26/2017 AT APPROX. AT 3:10PM, RUNWAY 22. WINDS WERE REPORTED 240 @ 4-6. NORMAL APPROACH FROM THE WEST WITH RIGHT DOWNWIND. UPON TOUCHDOWN, MY PASSENGER, 6?5? (1ST TIME FLYER) BECAME PANICKED AND APPLIED ACCIDENTAL PRESSURE ON THE RIGHT RUDDER PEDAL CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER RIGHT ACROSS THE RUNWAY. I ATTEMPTED LEFT RUDDER CORRECTION BUT DID NOT CORRECT THE RIGHT RUDDER PRESSURE. UPON THIS HAPPENING I INSTITUTED AN IMMEDIATE GO-AROUND AS I WAS UNSURE AS TO THE ABILITY TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THE AIRCRAFT OR MAINTAIN CONTROL ON THE RUNWAY. I DEMANDED THAT HE REMOVE HIS FOOT FROM THE PEDAL WHICH HE IMMEDIATELY COMPLIED WHICH HE APOLOGIZED FOR HIS REFLEXIVE ACTION. I INSTITUTED A WIDER APPROACH AND LANDED AGAIN ON RUNWAY 22 AND I ASSUME I STRUCK THE PROP UPON RELEASING BACK PRESSURE ON THE YOKE ON RUN-OUT. I TAXIED TO AIRBOUND FBO WHERE I NOTICE FOR THE 1ST TIME THE PROP STRIKE. NO STOPPAGE, NOISE OR SENSATION WAS APPARENT AT THE TIME OF THE STRIKE. DURING TAXI, UNAWARE OF THE STRIKE, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE RAN SMOOTHLY WITH NO INCREASE IN VIBRATION. UPON SHUTDOWN AND VISUAL INSPECTION, I IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED C&W FOR SERVICE WHERE THE AIRCRAFT IS TODAY. I REPORTED THE STRIKE TO THE FAA THE FOLLOWING MORNING.

ON 8/1/2017 INSPECTORS FROM THIS OFFICE WENT TO C&W AERO SERVICES AT KCDW TO EVALUATE DAMAGE AND FOUND DAMAGED PROPELLER AND NOSE WHEEL DOOR. A REVIEW OF AIRCRAFT  RECORDS REVEALED LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED ON 03/12/2017. LAST 14 CFR PART 91.413 TRANSPONDER INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED ON 09/09/2014. THIS INSPECTION IS DUE EACH 24 CALENDAR MONTHS AND WAS, THEREFORE, OVER DUE BY TEN MONTHS. THIS WAS NOT IN ANY WAY CAUSAL TO THE INCIDENT.

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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