# Incident 20221001018389I: Aerostar Acft Corp Of Texas M20F, Rochester, NH, October 1, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 2022, 11:59 local time
- Place: Rochester, NH
- Airport: Skyhaven Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2842° N, 70.9295° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKYHAVEN (DAW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2842&lon=-70.9295&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6820V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6820V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerostar Acft Corp Of Texas M20F (registry code 5870314, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-acft-corp-of-texas-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSTAR ACFT CORP OF TEXAS M20F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221001018389I

## Narrative

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

AFTER ONE UNEVENTFUL TOUCH AND GO LANDING, THE PILOT FLEW A LONG STRAIGHT IN STABILIZED APPROACH INTENDING TO MAKE ANOTHER TOUCH AND GO LANDING. WEATHER WAS CLEAR WITH CALM WINDS. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN SMOOTHLY ABOUT 800 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY ON CENTERLINE AND THE PILOT BRIEFLY LOOKED DOWN TO CHECK FLAP AND TRIM SETTINGS BEFORE TAKEOFF. THE PILOT FELT A VERY SUBTLE, BUT ABNORMAL WIGGLING OF THE AIRCRAFT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AND LOOKED UP TO SEE HE WAS JUST SLIGHTLY LEFT OF CENTERLINE AND GOING FURTHER (RIGHT MAIN ON CENTERLINE). THE PILOT PUSHED VERY SLIGHTLY ON THE RIGHT RUDDER WITH NO RESPONSE AND THE AIRPLANE WAS NOW SHUDDERING AND FELT LIKE A BLOWN AND SHREDDING NOSE TIRE AS HE HAD NO CONTROL. THE PROP HIT THE RUNWAY STOPPING THE ENGINE AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS DEPARTING THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND SKIDDED SMOOTHLY TO A STOP ON THE INFIELD GRASS. THE PILOT TURNED OFF THE MASTER SWITCH AND FUEL SHUT OFF AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. THE LANDING GEAR HAD COMPLETELY COLLAPSED UNDER THE AIRCRAFT.

AN EXAMINATION OF THE RUNWAY APPEARED TO SHOW THAT THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN NORMALLY AND THEN ON ROLLOUT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR STARTED TO COLLAPSE AND THEN THE RIGHT WINGTIP HIT THE PAVEMENT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO VEER LEFT AS THE NOSE AND LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED UNDERNEATH THE AIRCRAFT AS IT CONTINUED INTO THE GRASS.

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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