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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M-20G · Beckley, WV · June 15, 2022

Date
June 15, 2022 · 15:25 local
Place
Beckley, WV
Airport
Raleigh County Memorial
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6832N
Reported as
Mooney M-20G
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
5,600 total250 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

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.

Flight destination shd.

Pilot decided to land at bkw for fuel and radar information.

Just prior to touchdown at bkw, pilot observed a helicopter taking off and crossing the runway. Pilot executed a go around added max power and retracted the landing gear to assist in his climb out.

As pilot was climbing to pattern a decision was made to line up downwind of runway 18.

Landing appear normal until tail section struck the runway. Aircraft slid down runway on lower fuselage. Pilot had forgotten to extend landing gear on second landing attempt.

Counselling was provided to pilot from operations inspector, ref. Ar EA09202201066

As the FAA filed it

FLIGHT DESTINATION SHD.

PILOT DECIDED TO LAND AT BKW FOR FUEL AND RADAR INFORMATION.

JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN AT BKW, PILOT OBSERVED A HELICOPTER TAKING OFF AND CROSSING THE RUNWAY. PILOT EXECUTED A GO AROUND ADDED MAX POWER AND RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR TO ASSIST IN HIS CLIMB OUT.

AS PILOT WAS CLIMBING TO PATTERN A DECISION WAS MADE TO LINE UP DOWNWIND OF RUNWAY 18.

LANDING APPEAR NORMAL UNTIL TAIL SECTION STRUCK THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT SLID DOWN RUNWAY ON LOWER FUSELAGE. PILOT HAD FORGOTTEN TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR ON SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT.

COUNSELLING WAS PROVIDED TO PILOT FROM OPERATIONS INSPECTOR, REF. AR EA09202201066