# Incident 20200822014319I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Oceanside, CA, August 22, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2020, 11:50 local time
- Place: Oceanside, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1959° N, 117.3795° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oceanside, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1959&lon=-117.3795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231WW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231WW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY AIRCRAFT CORP. M20K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 988 total, 624 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200822014319I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STARTED WITH DEAD BATTERY, AIRCRAFT WAS JUMP START, ALL PREFLIGHT CHECKED DONE, ATC WAS CONTACTED FOR IFR CLEARANCE, A NORMAL TAKE OFF TOOK PLACE. AFTER TAKEOFF,  BEFORE REACHING THE COAST, PILOT NOTICED VOLTAGE WAS DROPPING, AND PILOT ASSUMED THAT THE ALTERNATOR STOP WORKING. PILOT GOT INVOLVED IN TROUBLESHOOTING ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND DECIDED TO CONTACT ATC,  INFORMED THEM OF ALTERNATOR FAILURE, CANCELLED IFR AND RETURNED TO OCEANSIDE, WITH SOME ELECTRICAL ISSUES. THE PILOT WAS DISTRACTED AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT GEAR UP, THE PROP CONTINUED TURNING, THE AIRCRAFT HAD PROP STRIKE DAMAGED. THE UNDERCARRIAGE WAS DAMAGED DUE TO THE SLIDING DOWN THE RUNWAY. ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF AND PILOT EXITED AIRCRAFT, NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N231WW (1)

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

- [Incident 19950725032129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950725032129I), Jul 25, 1995: Mooney M20K (N231WW), White Plains, NY, Minor damage. Skidded off runway landing collapsed nose gear.

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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