# Incident 20220522021019I: Mooney M20M, Thermopolis, WY, May 22, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2022, 08:00 local time
- Place: Thermopolis, WY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6479° N, 108.2145° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Thermopolis, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6479&lon=-108.2145&mi=10
- Aircraft: N126SC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N126SC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20M (registry code 5870222, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 708 total, 235 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220522021019I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS SETTING UP TO LAND USING A RIGHT PATTERN TO RUNWAY 5. PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD NOT FLOWN RIGHT TRAFFIC PATTERN IN A LONG TIME.  PILOT HAD AIRCRAFT SET TO LAND, AND SHORTLY AFTER HE MADE HIS BASE TO FINAL TURN, HE REALIZED HE HAD OVERSHOT THE FINAL.  PILOT ABORTED THE APPROACH TO RUNWAY 5, DECIDED TO GO AROUND AND FLY A LEFT HAND PATTERN TO RUNWAY 23.  PILOT STATED THAT HE DOES NOT RECALL RETRACTING THE LANDING GEAR.  PILOT HEARD GEAR WARNING 2-4 SECONDS BEFORE HEARING THE GRINDING NOISES OF THE PROP STRIKING THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP ON THE RIGHT HALF OF THE RUNWAY.

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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