# Incident 20190906023739I: Mooney M20E, Torrance, CA, September 6, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2019, 10:45 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8305° N, 118.3566° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Torrance, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8305&lon=-118.3566&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2699W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2699W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,120 total, 400 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190906023739I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 06, 2019, AT TORRANCE AIRPORT (TOA), FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS GIVING A CHECKOUT IN MOONEY (M20E) N2699W, TO NEW CLUB PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THEY HAD DONE SOME TRAINING PREVIOUSLY AND ON THIS DAY THEY HAD ALREADY DONE SOME AIR WORK AND HAD RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT TO PRACTICE TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS. ON THEIR 3RD TOUCH AND GO, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STARTED TO RETRACT THE GEAR BEFORE THEY GOT AIRBORNE. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY AS WELL AS, THE BEACON, COMMUNICATION ANTENNAS, AND TAIL. DESPITE ALL THAT, THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE AND THE PILOTS CONTINUED THE TAKEOFF. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE FLEW NORMALLY AND THE GEAR EXTENSION PRIOR TO LANDING WAS NORMAL WITH NORMAL INDICATIONS. AFTER LANDING THEY TAXIED THE AIRPLANE TO THE HANGER. AFTER THEY HAD COMPLETED THE SHUTDOWN AND EXITED THE AIRPLANE THEY SAW THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE. THE PROP TIPS WERE BENT FORWARD, COMMUNICATION ANTENNA WAS BROKEN, THE BEACON WAS SMASHED AND THE BOTTOM OF THE TAIL WAS SIGNIFICANTLY SCRAPED.

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