# Incident 20240527007469I: Mooney M20A, Kingman, AZ, May 27, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2024, 08:30 local time
- Place: Kingman, AZ
- Airport: Kingman Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2595° N, 113.9381° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KINGMAN (IGM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2595&lon=-113.9381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6046X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6046X) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,306 total, 1,947 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240527007469I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATEMENT:

RE: INCIDENT EVENT 27 MAY 24, KINGMAN AIRPORT, KINGMAN, AZ, MOONEY 20A.

I DEPARTED THE AIRPORT ABOUT 0815 FOR A PROFICIENCY FLIGHT. I PROCEEDED NORTH, DID A SERIES OF STALLS AND EIGHTS AROUND TWO POINTS. I THEN RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT WITH NO KNOWN TRAFFIC AND MADE A CONTROLLED, STRAIGHT IN DESCENT AND LANDING ON RWY 21. I DEPARTED AGAIN AND MADE A SECOND STANDARD PATTERN LANDING ON 21. AGAIN DEPARTING, I HEARD ANOTHER AIRCRAFT CALL THAT HE WAS ON DOWN WIND. I EXTENDED MY CROSSWIND TO I40 CALLING OUT EXTENDED CROSSWIND AND ASKED FOR A POSITION REPORT FROM THE DOWNWIND AIRCRAFT BUT RECEIVED NO REPLY. I RE-ENTERED THE PATTERN ON A 45 AND ANNOUNCED MY POSITION BUT SAW NO ONE. TWO ADDITIONAL AIRCRAFT CALLED INBOUND. AS I BEGAN TO REACH MY POINT TO TURN BASE, I SAW AN AIRCRAFT ON FINAL ABOUT A MILE OUT. I DECIDED TO MAKE A PRECISION SPOT LANDING AND TURN OFF AT THE FIRST TURNOFF. I LOWERED FLAPS, A NON- STANDARD PROCEDURE FOR ME. WHEN THE OTHER AIRCRAFT PASSED MY POINT I CALLED BASE AND BEGAN MY APPROACH. I CONCENTRATED ON MY LANDING POINT ADJUSTING POWER AND PITCH. THIS CONTINUED UNTIL I ROTATED, PULLED THE LAST OF THROTTLE AND HIT THE SPOT. I STOPPED WHEN IT WAS TIME TO MAKE THE TURN OFF THE RUNWAY. THE HORN SOUNDED AT THE LAST POWER CHANGE. WHY DID IT HAPPEN' ON EVERY LANDING I HAVE EVER MADE I WAS TAUGHT TO SAY, “GEAR, PROP, MIXTURE” WHILE TOUCHING THE ITEMS. ON EVERY LANDING I HAVE DONE SO EXCEPT THE LAST ONE AND HAVE NEVER FORGOT THE GEAR BEFORE. I WILL NEVER ATTEMPT A SPOT LANDING UNLESS CONFIGURED DOWN WIND.

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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