# Incident 20220805014169I: Mooney M20J, Colorado Spring, CO, August 5, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2022, 06:01 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: Colorado Springs Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8339° N, 104.8214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colorado Springs, CO, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8339&lon=-104.8214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201FX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N201FX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 444 total, 309 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220805014169I

## Narrative

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

PIC AND SIC, WERE PERFORMING  TRAFFIC PATTERNS, WHILE SIC WAS ACTING AS A SAFETY PILOT TO GET PIC CURRENT AND COMFORTABLE AGAIN IN HIS AIRCRAFT, SO PIC MIGHT FLY HIS AIRCRAFT SOLO FOR TIME BUILDING EXPERIENCE. DURING THE FIRST TRAFFIC PATTERN ON THE MORNING OF 08/05/2022  PIC OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED IT WAS A NORMAL OPERATION DURING LANDING, UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT SEEMED TO DESCEND LOWER JUST BEFORE THE WHEELS SHOULD HAVE TOUCHED THE GROUND. PIC EXPLAINED THAT AT THAT POINT HE FORGOT TO DO THE GUMPS CHECK,GAS WAS SET, UNDERCARRIAGE WAS SKIPPED. MIXTURE WAS SET,PROPELLER WAS SET,SEATBELTS WERE FASSENED. STALL HORN WAS SOUNDING, GEAR HORN NEVER SOUNDED. PILOT EXPLAINED HE HAD NO TIME TO ADD THRUST TO PERFORME A GO AROUND. PILOT KNEW THE PROPELLER WAS ABOUT TO STRIKE ,PILOT DECIDED TO CONTINUE WITH LANDING. ONCE ON GROUND PIC KEPT AIRCRAFT STRAIGHT UNTIL IT CAME TO A STOP ON RUNWAY 35 LEFT, FIRE RESCUE AND AIRPORT AUTHORITY ARRIVED NO INJURIES ,NO FATALITIES.

## Other reports on N201FX (4)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19950905033539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950905033539I), Sep 5, 1995: Mooney M20J (N201FX), Wahpeton, ND. Lost power eight miles south of bwp. Was able to land there. NR2 cylinder separated in flight.
- [Incident 19930423013609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930423013609I), Apr 23, 1993: Mooney M20J (N201FX), Princeton, WV. Engine failure in flight. Forced landing on road. Repairs to magneto system made at the scene.
- [Incident 19920218007109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920218007109I), Feb 18, 1992: Mooney M20J (N201FX), Albany, OH, Minor damage. Gear up landing. Pilot stated he placed gear handle in down position. Did not check to see if gear was down.
- [Incident 19880603054429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880603054429I), Jun 3, 1988: Mooney M20J (N201FX), Columbus, OH, Minor damage. Landed gear up. Found selector switch in up position. Gear functions operated normally.

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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