# Incident 20190424003369I: Mooney M20R, Bessemer, AL, April 24, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2019, 12:41 local time
- Place: Bessemer, AL
- Airport: Bessemer
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3129° N, 86.9259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Bessemer Airport (EKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3129&lon=-86.9259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2159E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2159E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20R (registry code 5870225, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,575 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190424003369I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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