# Incident 20241017020119I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Louisville, KY, October 17, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2024, 13:48 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- 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: N231JW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231JW) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 818 total, 378 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241017020119I

## Narrative

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

ON 10/17/2024, THE PILOT FLEW HIS MO20P MOONEY AIRCRAFT, TO BOWMAN FIELD IN LOUISVILLE, KY, AFTER DEPARTING HIS HOME BASE OF CSG IN COLUMBUS, GA. UPON ARRIVAL INTO THE LOUISVILLE AREA, PIC WAS DIRECTED TO MAKE A STRAIGHT IN APPROACH TO RWY 33 AT LOU.  DURING THE INVESTIGATION, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ADVISED THAT HE WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE LOU AIRPORT AND WAS NOT AWARE THAT RWY 33 HAS A SIGNIFICANT UPSLOPE GRADE IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE RUNWAY.  PIC REALIZED THAT HE WAS A LITTLE HIGH ON THE APPROACH, SO HE USED A SLOWER THAN NORMAL APPROACH SPEED TO COMPENSATE.  WHEN BEGAN HIS FLARE FOR LANDING, HE REALIZED THE RUNWAY HAD AN UPSLOPE HE REALIZED HE WAS TOO LOW AND SLOW TO RECOVER OR GO AROUND AND THE AIRPLANE STALLED AND HIT HARD CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR SYSTEM.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO AIRPORT PROPERTY, BUT THE RUNWAY HAD TO BE CLOSED TEMPORARILY TO CLEAN UP SOME PARTS THAT CAME OFF THE AIRCRAFT.  HE WAS ABLE TO TAXI THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N231JW (1)

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

- [Incident 20060202002369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060202002369I), Feb 2, 2006: Mooney M20K (N231JW), Venice, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On February 2, 2006 at 1730 EDT a Mooney 20-K, N231JW, registered to the pilot [privacy data omitted] lowered the gear on final approach and aircraft…

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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