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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20R · Birmingham, AL · September 19, 2023

Date
September 19, 2023 · 16:59 local
Place
Birmingham, AL
Airport
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N322RW
Reported as
Mooney M20R
Reported engine
Continental IO-550 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
542 total

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 proceeded with normal routine landing. During landing rollout, the forward part of aircraft began to shimmy left to right resulting with nose landing gear breaking off and propellars hitting ground. The plane came to complete stop with no additional damage to aircraft, no injuries to pilot and passenger.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT PROCEEDED WITH NORMAL ROUTINE LANDING. DURING LANDING ROLLOUT, THE FORWARD PART OF AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SHIMMY LEFT TO RIGHT RESULTING WITH NOSE LANDING GEAR BREAKING OFF AND PROPELLARS HITTING GROUND. THE PLANE CAME TO COMPLETE STOP WITH NO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT, NO INJURIES TO PILOT AND PASSENGER.