# Incident 20240223002209I: Mooney Airplane Co Inc M20TN, Fond Du Lac, WI, February 23, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2024, 17:10 local time
- Place: Fond Du Lac, WI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7722° N, 88.4403° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fond du Lac, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7722&lon=-88.4403&mi=10
- Aircraft: N969WT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N969WT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20TN (registry code 5870227, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20tn) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550-G (registry code 17401, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY AIRPLANE CO INC M20TN
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 9,250 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240223002209I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 23, 2024, AT THE FOND DU LAC AIRPORT (FLD), THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT LANDED IN THE GRASS ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY 36, AFTER MAKING AN AVOIDANCE MANUEVER FOR PERCIEVED WILDLIFE ON THE RUNWAY. THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT HIT SOFT GROUND WHICH FOLDED THE NOSE WHEEL BACK AND COLLAPSED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR AND DAMAGED THE PROPELLOR.

THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER AND LABRADOR DOG REPORTED NO INJURIES. VMC CONDITIONS WITH QUARTERING HEADWINDS AT 10 KNOTS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

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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