20230115001039I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Ludington, MI · January 15, 2023

Date
January 15, 2023 · 11:45 local
Place
Ludington, MI
Airport
Mason County Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N201UB
Reported as
Mooney M20J
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,400 total2,400 in this make and model22 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.

Pilot states during landing he experienced a high sink rate on final approch and elected to increase airspeed. On touchdown the aircraaft began porpoising and on the third bounce the nosegear collapsed resulting in a prop strike and sudden engine stopage.

Aircraft was removed from runway and secured in a hangar with minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATES DURING LANDING HE EXPERIENCED A HIGH SINK RATE ON FINAL APPROCH AND ELECTED TO INCREASE AIRSPEED. ON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAAFT BEGAN PORPOISING AND ON THE THIRD BOUNCE THE NOSEGEAR COLLAPSED RESULTING IN A PROP STRIKE AND SUDDEN ENGINE STOPAGE.

AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM RUNWAY AND SECURED IN A HANGAR WITH MINOR DAMAGE.