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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Minot, ND · April 7, 2018

Date
April 7, 2018 · 14:39 local
Place
Minot, ND
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7877V
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
245 total115 in this make and model1 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.

The pilot stated he had been working long hours and fatigued. He had planned to fly from Minot to new hampshire. He had time pressure due to work. He arrived 1330 to kmot on commercial flight. Airplane had just got out of annual. It was going to be 2 persons heading down to Iowa, then east to NH. Pilot decided to do a couple of touch and goes before putting the passenger on board and embarking on the trip. He made a mistake in contacting tower instead of ground for taxi. The pilot stated he was feeling a little tired and off of his game. On his second touch and go, pilot was asked to change runways to accomodate ground crew on the main runway. He did a second touch and go on the crossing runway. The third touch and go attempt the pilot noted a shallow descent rate and low power setting in the pattern and had to slip to get it down and used an excessive amount of runway. The pilot did not recall hearing gear warning horn before or after landing.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT STATED HE HAD BEEN WORKING LONG HOURS AND FATIGUED. HE HAD PLANNED TO FLY FROM MINOT TO NEW HAMPSHIRE. HE HAD TIME PRESSURE DUE TO WORK. HE ARRIVED 1330 TO KMOT ON COMMERCIAL FLIGHT. AIRPLANE HAD JUST GOT OUT OF ANNUAL. IT WAS GOING TO BE 2 PERSONS HEADING DOWN TO IOWA, THEN EAST TO NH. PILOT DECIDED TO DO A COUPLE OF TOUCH AND GOES BEFORE PUTTING THE PASSENGER ON BOARD AND EMBARKING ON THE TRIP. HE MADE A MISTAKE IN CONTACTING TOWER INSTEAD OF GROUND FOR TAXI. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS FEELING A LITTLE TIRED AND OFF OF HIS GAME. ON HIS SECOND TOUCH AND GO, PILOT WAS ASKED TO CHANGE RUNWAYS TO ACCOMODATE GROUND CREW ON THE MAIN RUNWAY. HE DID A SECOND TOUCH AND GO ON THE CROSSING RUNWAY. THE THIRD TOUCH AND GO ATTEMPT THE PILOT NOTED A SHALLOW DESCENT RATE AND LOW POWER SETTING IN THE PATTERN AND HAD TO SLIP TO GET IT DOWN AND USED AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF RUNWAY. THE PILOT DID NOT RECALL HEARING GEAR WARNING HORN BEFORE OR AFTER LANDING.