# Incident 20210204000669I: Mooney M20R, North Kingston, RI, February 4, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2021, 18:05 local time
- Place: North Kingston, RI
- Airport: Quonset State Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5974° N, 71.4124° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at QUONSET STATE (OQU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5974&lon=-71.4124&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22184, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N22184) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210204000669I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED FINAL APPROACH TO LANDING ON RUNWAY 34 AT KOQU WAS NORMAL.  THE TOUCHDOWN ON THE MAIN GEAR WAS SMOOTH.  UPON LOWERING THE NOSE GEAR, IT SUDDENLY FELT LIKE THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A GRAVEL RUNWAY.  AS THE WEIGHT OF THE PLANE SETTLED FORWARD, ATTEMPTS TO HOLD THE PLANE STRAIGHT WITH RIGHT RUDDER FAILED AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT.  APPLYING BACK PRESSURE TO KEEP WEIGHT OFF THE FRONT GEAR DIDN?T HELP ALIGNMENT.  THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT WITH THE PROPELLER.  AFTER BRINGING THE AIRCRAFT TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY, HE REQUESTED A TOW TO THE RAMP.  POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED THE NOSE WHEEL SKEWED TO THE SIDE WITH A DEFLATED/COLLAPSED NOSE TIRE AND ONE BLADE OF THE THREE-BLADED PROPELLER DAMAGED.

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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