# Incident 20190712022879I: Mooney M20J, Gary, IN, July 12, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2019, 16:30 local time
- Place: Gary, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5934° N, 87.3464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gary, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5934&lon=-87.3464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201UW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N201UW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,240 total, 3,600 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190712022879I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 2 AT GARY AIRPORT (KGYY).  VIDEO TAKEN BY PASSENGER WAS REVIEWED.  IT SHOWED THAT THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED SIX TIMES DURING LANDING.  AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 2 AND CONTINUED TO A SPOT 115 FEET LEFT OF CENTERLINE AND 150 FEET BEYOND THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 2.  THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST IN A SWALE THAT WAS WET AND MUDDY.  DURING THE DEPARTURE TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY, THE AIRPLANE'S LEFT FLAP STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT.

## Other reports on N201UW (4)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20130529008819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130529008819I), May 29, 2013: Mooney M20J (N201UW), Wheeling, IL, Minor damage. Pilot aborted takeoff from pwk runway 16 after reporting loss of elevator control. Witnesses saw the aircraft bounce several times down the runway. The…
- [Incident 20120925023089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120925023089I), Sep 25, 2012: Mooney M20J (N201UW), Wheeling, IL, Minor damage. N201UW was cleared to land on rwy 16 at Chicago Executive Airport (kpwk). The pilot did not extend the landing gear and thus landed "gear up" on rwy 16. There…
- [Incident 19840724037369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840724037369I), Jul 24, 1984: Mooney M20J (N201UW), Richland Center, WI. Landed too fast on a short runway. Unable to stop. A wing tip struck a fence off the end of the runway.
- [Accident 19791221034919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791221034919A), Dec 21, 1979: Mooney M20J (N201UW), Waterloo, WI, Substantial damage. Aircraft ran out of fuel on an IFR flght.

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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