20190424003369I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20R · Bessemer, AL · April 24, 2019

Date
April 24, 2019 · 12:41 local
Place
Bessemer, AL
Airport
Bessemer
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2159E
Reported as
Mooney M20R
Reported engine
Continental IO-550 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,575 total1,500 in this make and model30 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.

Aircraft landed on runway 5 in VMC with gear and flaps in the up position. Aircraft experienced a prop strike with ground causing sudden stop to power plant. No mechanical malfunctions with the landing gear system were evident or suspected.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 5 IN VMC WITH GEAR AND FLAPS IN THE UP POSITION. AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A PROP STRIKE WITH GROUND CAUSING SUDDEN STOP TO POWER PLANT. NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS WITH THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM WERE EVIDENT OR SUSPECTED.