# Incident 20240904020379I: Mooney M20C, Louisville, KY, September 4, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2024, 16:10 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2280° N, 85.6637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWMAN FLD (LOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2280&lon=-85.6637&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9389V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9389V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (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 M20C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,053 total, 717 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240904020379I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2024, AT APPROXIMATELY 2010Z, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A MOONEY M20P, WAS INBOUND TO LAND AT LOUISVILLE BOWMAN FIELD AIRPORT AFTER BEING CLEARED TO LAND ON RWY 24.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WHEN THE NOSE GEAR SETTLED TO THE RUNWAY AFTER TOUCHING DOWN ON THE RUNWAY WITH MAIN GEAR THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY VEERED TO THE LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY AND INTO THE GRASS BETWEEN TAXIWAY FOXTROT AND INTERSECTION A3. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON TAXIWAY A AND A3. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO AIRPORT PROPERTY.  THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE GEAR OF THE AIRCRAFT, WHICH HAD TO BE TOWED TO A HANGAR.

## Other reports on N9389V (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19930711023079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930711023079I), Jul 11, 1993: Mooney M20C (N9389V), Calhoun, GA, Minor damage. Main landing gear failed to extend. Landed gear up. Found output drive gear in gear box had failed.

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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