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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Kernville, CA · December 12, 2021

Date: December 12, 2021 · 12:30 local
Place: Kernville, CA
Airport: Kern Valley
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7418V
Reported as: Mooney M20C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours: 239 total32 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N7418VRegistered now · Mooney M20CS/N 20-1152 Airframe modelMooney M20C

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft approached L05 runway 17, crossed the threshold at approximately 80 mph and bounced, pilot then applied power to keep aircraft from dropping again. The pilot was approaching the runway end and veered left off the end of the runway. The nose wheel struck a bolder, causing the wheel to collapse and the propeller to strike the ground and nose over. No injuries, no damage to third-party property, and aircraft experienced minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT APPROACHED L05 RUNWAY 17, CROSSED THE THRESHOLD AT APPROXIMATELY 80 MPH AND BOUNCED, PILOT THEN APPLIED POWER TO KEEP AIRCRAFT FROM DROPPING AGAIN. THE PILOT WAS APPROACHING THE RUNWAY END AND VEERED LEFT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE WHEEL STRUCK A BOLDER, CAUSING THE WHEEL TO COLLAPSE AND THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND AND NOSE OVER. NO INJURIES, NO DAMAGE TO THIRD-PARTY PROPERTY, AND AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED MINOR DAMAGE.