# Incident 20170927019919I: Mooney M20J, Georgetown, TX, September 27, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2017, 16:30 local time
- Place: Georgetown, TX
- Airport: Georgetown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6327° N, 97.6772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Georgetown, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6327&lon=-97.6772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N217RW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N217RW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 8 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170927019919I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRMAN WAS RETURNING FROM AVIONICS MAINTENANCE ON A FLIGHT FROM TUPLE, TEMPLE, TEXAS TO GAD, GEORGETOWN, TEXAS.  DURING THE RETURN THE AIRMAN NOTED GATHERING CLOUDS AND REQUESTED AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO RUNWAY 18 TO GAD AND TEST THE NEWLY INSTALLED AVIONICS.  THE AIRMAN RECENTLY PURCHASED AND WAS NEW TO THIS AIRPLANE.  THE AVIONICS WERE NEW AND HE HAD LITTLE EXPERIENCE WITH THEM.  THIS LACK OF EXPERIENCE, LACK OF PROFICIENCY IN TYPE AND AVIONICS AND SHORT DURATION OF THE FLIGHT CAUSED A LOSS OF SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND INTERFERED WITH PROPER CHECKLIST USAGE.  THE AIRMAN FLARED TO LAND AFTER THE INSTRUMENT APPROACH AND INITIATED A GO AROUND WHEN HE HEARD THE PROPELLER MAKE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY.  IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN HE INSURED THE GEAR SELECTOR SWITCH WAS DOWN AND GEAR DOWN INDICATED "DOWN AND SAFE" AND EXECUTED A CROSSWIND LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL SHOP FOR TEARDOWN, INSPECTION AND REPAIR.

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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