# Incident 20210505005129I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Chandler, AZ, May 5, 2021 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: May 5, 2021, 10:00 local time - Place: Chandler, AZ - Airport: Steller Airpark - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 33.3062° N, 111.8413° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chandler, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3062&lon=-111.8413&mi=10 - Aircraft: N624GW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N624GW) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: MOONEY AIRCRAFT CORP. M20K - Reported engine: CONTINENTAL - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 35 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210505005129I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. CONTACTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^OPERATOR OF THIS AIRCRAFT. CONDUCTED AN OVER THE PHONE INTERVIEW WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. I VALIDATED THAT HE WAS THE PILOT OF THIS AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT. I ALSO VERIFIED THAT THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ONBOARD OF THIS AIRCRAFT WHEN THIS EVENT OCCURRED. I ASKED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHAT HAPPENED THAT LED TO THIS INCIDENT AND THE FOLLOWING EXPLANATION HE PROVIDED. HE HAD DEPARTED CEDAR CITY UTAH ON MAY 5 WITH A FINAL ARRIVAL DESTINATION TO STELLER AIR PARK, P19 LOCATED IN CHANDLER AZ. THE FLIGHT TO ARIZONA WAS UNEVENTFUL. HE ARRIVED AT P19 ON OR ABOUT 9:50AM LOCAL TIME. DURING LANDING, ACCORDING TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED OFF THE RUNWAY AND HE FELT THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND. AS HE WENT TO ADVANCE THE POWER LEVER, THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER SLIGHTLY WITH THE PROP STRIKING THE GROUND A SECOND TIME CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STOP. THE AIRCRAFT SLID SEVERAL FEET AND CAME TO A STOP. I ASKED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHAT THE DAMAGES WERE TO THE AIRCRAFT. HE EXPLAINED VISUALLY THE NOSE GEAR HAD BENT BACK SLIGHTLY HOWEVER NOT ENOUGH TO CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE OR ENGINE COWL. I ASKED IF HE WAS INJURED AND REPLIED NO. RECEIVED WITNESS STATEMENT FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ACCORDING TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WITNESS STATEMENT DATED 05/05/ 2021, HE OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING: N624GW WAS ON SHORT AND FINAL FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 17. THE GEAR ON THIS AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE DOWN IN THE NORMAL LANDING CONFIGURATION. THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL WAS THE FIRST TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY AFTER THE LANDING FLARE. THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL BOUNCED OFF THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSE PITCHED UP. THE AIRCRAFT THEN ROSE BACK INTO THE AIR A FEW FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT AGAIN, NOSE PITCHED DOWN TO A MORE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE THAN IT DID DURING THE FIRST BOUNCE. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED OFF THE RUNWAY A SECOND TIME CAUSING THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TO PITCH UP AND RISING A FEW FEET HIGHER THAT DURING THE FIRST BOUNCE. THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL OF THE AIRCRAFT AGAIN CONTACTED THE RUNWAY FOR THE THIRD TIME. THE WITNESS STATED THAT ON THE THIRD EVENT OF THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCING OFF THE RUNWAY, IT WAS THEN HE HEARD THE PROP STRIKE THE GROUND. HE CONTINUED TO WATCH THE AIRCRAFT NOSE PITCH-UP AGAIN, APPROXIMATELY TEN FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY. THEN THE AIRCRAFT NOSE PITCHED DOWN TO A MORE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE THAN THE PREVIOUS BOUNCES. HE NOTICED THE NOSE GEAR ON THE AIRCRAFT PARTIALLY COLLAPSED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY FOR A SECOND TIME. THEN HE HEARD THE ENGINE ACCELERATE TO A HIGHER POWER SETTING AS IF IT WAS NEAR THE FULL THROTTLE POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT THEN CONTINUED ALONG THE RUNWAY 17 FOR APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET AT THE HIGH POWER SETTING. THEN THE ENGINE STOPPED. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP NEAR THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 17. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.