# Incident 20241013016549I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Beckley, WV, October 13, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2024, 13:35 local time
- Place: Beckley, WV
- Airport: Raleigh County Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7873° N, 81.1242° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALEIGH COUNTY MEML (BKW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7873&lon=-81.1242&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5254G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5254G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY AIRCRAFT CORP. M20K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 424 total, 224 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241013016549I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ON LANDING FOR RUNWAY 28 AT BECKLEY AIRPORT AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ABOUT TO TOUCHDOWN WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED BACK UP INTO THE AIR AND CAME BACK DOWN HARD ENOUGHT TO BREAK THE LANDING GEAR CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT TO SLIDE DOWN THE RUNWAY ON ITS BELLY.

## Other reports on N5254G (2)

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

- [Accident 20171221023399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171221023399A), Dec 21, 2017: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N5254G), Venice, FL, Substantial damage. After reducing altitude from 8500? To 4000? To get under a layer of clouds, aircraft began its decent for approach into vnc. Pilot states he thinks he dropped…
- [Accident 20130628011839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130628011839A), Jun 28, 2013: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N5254G), Keenesburg, CO, Substantial damage. On 06/28/2013 at approximately 1651 hrs. MDT, N5254G a Mooney model M-20K aircraft sustained substantial damage during an emergency landing near Keenesburg,…

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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