# Incident 20220910015239I: Mooney M20A, Howell, MI, September 10, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2022, 08:00 local time
- Place: Howell, MI
- Airport: Livingston County Spencer J. H
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6294° N, 83.9822° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LIVINGSTON COUNTY/SPENCER J HARDY (OZW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6294&lon=-83.9822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1091C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1091C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20A (registry code 5870204, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 278 total, 197 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220910015239I

## Narrative

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

PIC ELECTED TO DEPART RUNWAY 31 WITH WINDS 140 AT 05, DESITY ALTITUDE WAS CALCULATED TO BE 1632' AT THE 962' ELEVATION AIRPORT. PIC STATED HE ROTATED AT 86 MPH, ESTABLISHED A POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB AND RETRACTED LANDING GEAR (AIRCRAFT HAS MANUAL LANDING GEAR). AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO RUNWAY TAIL FIRST AND SLID TO A STOP APPROXIMATELY 531' AFTER TAIL STRIKE. PIC STATED THAT THE ENGINE LOST POWER AFTER GEAR RETRACTION. INSPECTORS COULD NOT FIND EVIDENCE OR REASON FOR POWER LOSS. WITNESSES STATED THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING NORMALLY AND THE AIRCRAFT NEVER GOT OUT OF GROUND EFFECT.

PIC STATED HE DID WEIGHT AND BALANCE CALCULATION AND WAS JUST UNDER GROSS WEIGHT. IIC DID WEIGHT AND BALANCE BASED ON WEIGHT AND BALANCE DATA FOUND IN HANGAR, THERE WAS NOT ANY IN THE AIRCRAFT, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 POUNDS OVER MAXIMUM WEIGHT WITH AN AFT CG.

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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