20220813008789I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20K · Tomball, TX · August 13, 2022

Date
August 13, 2022 · 09:40 local
Place
Tomball, TX
Airport
David Wayne Hooks Memorial
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N252TM
Reported as
Mooney M20K
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
124 total12 in this make and model19 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.

During second touch and go attempt of an instructional flight, the pilot bounced the aircraft on landing. A ga was attempted by the pilot. The aircraft drifted to the left of the runway into the grassy median and buried in mud causing damage to propeller and left main gear door.

There was no fire or damage to other persons or property.

As the FAA filed it

DURING SECOND TOUCH AND GO ATTEMPT OF AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, THE PILOT BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT ON LANDING. A GA WAS ATTEMPTED BY THE PILOT. THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASSY MEDIAN AND BURIED IN MUD CAUSING DAMAGE TO PROPELLER AND LEFT MAIN GEAR DOOR.

THERE WAS NO FIRE OR DAMAGE TO OTHER PERSONS OR PROPERTY.