# Incident 20200522006679I: Mooney M20M, Minden, NV, May 22, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2020, 13:15 local time
- Place: Minden, NV
- Airport: Minden-Tahoe
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0005° N, 119.7511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MINDEN-TAHOE (MEV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0005&lon=-119.7511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N150FC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N150FC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20M (registry code 5870222, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 245 total, 42 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200522006679I

## Narrative

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

THIS WAS A FLIGHT FROM NAPA, CALIFORNIA, A SEA LEVEL AIRPORT, TO MINDEN, NEVADA, A 4,800 FOOT ELEVATION AIRPORT ON 05/22/2020.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS A MOONEY WITH RETRACTABLE GEAR. ALSO, THE ELECTRIC TRIM WAS INOPERATIVE.

THE WINDS AT THE MINDEN TAHOE AIRPORT WERE REPORTED OUT OF THE WEST AT 16 GUSTING 26.

THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND ON THE 2ND OF 3 LANDING ATTEMPTS.

## Other reports on N150FC (2)

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

- [Incident 20160215001489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160215001489I), Feb 15, 2016: Mooney M20M (N150FC), Napa, CA, Minor damage. The pilot reported after departure from apc he got desrtacted due to a unknown noise in the head set and returned to apc and forgot to extend the landing gear…
- [Incident 19960719026549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960719026549I), Jul 19, 1996: Mooney M20M (N150FC), Jackson, WY, Minor damage. Narrative: upon landing at jac pilot lost control of the aircraft and it began to porpoise. After about the seventh bounce the nose wheel failed allowing the…

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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