# Incident 20241230022449I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20S, Brunswick, GA, December 30, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2024, 18:50 local time
- Place: Brunswick, GA
- Airport: Brunswick Golden Isles Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.2590° N, 81.4663° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRUNSWICK GOLDEN ISLES (BQK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2590&lon=-81.4663&mi=10
- Aircraft: N442PT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N442PT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20S (registry code 5870226, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY AIRCRAFT CORP. M20S
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 833 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241230022449I

## Narrative

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

PER THE REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER 12/30/2024 @ 6:40 LOCAL EST DESCRIBING THEY HAD CALLED THE ZJX OMIC AS 2356Z AND REPORTED AN AIRCRAFT INCIDENT AT THE BRUNSWICK (BQK) AIRPORT OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 2311Z. A MOONEY MO20 EXPERIENCED A GEAR COLLAPSE WHILE LANDING RUNWAY 7 AT BQK.  THE RUNWAY WAS SUBSEQUENTLY NOTAM CLOSED.  THERE WAS 1 POB WITH NO REPORTED INJURIES.  THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE WAS UNKNOWN.DUE TO THE LOCATION OF THE AIRCRAFT, IT WAS DETERMINED TO GATHER ALL DATA VIRTUALLY. PER THE BRUNSWICK AIRPORT OPERATIONS MANAGER, MOONEY MO20 EXPERIENCED A MAIN LANDING GEAR INCIDENT UPON LANDING AND WAS RESTING ON ITS FUSELAGE CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY 7. THE SOLE OCCUPANT WAS UN-INJURED AND WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY. UPON INITIAL INSPECTION, THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED ALONG WITH THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT. DURING THE LANDING, THE RUNWAY EXPERIENCED 25 PROPELLER STRIKES WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE OCCURRING. AFTER CONFERRING WITH THE AIRPORT OPERATIONS DIRECTOR, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A FIELD LOCATED RECOVERY TEAM WAS TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY. THE MOONEY WAS HOISTED INTO THE AIR WHERE THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED AND LOCKED INTO POSITION, THEN TOWED TO THE RAMP AREA. BQK AIRPORT PERSONNEL COMPLETED A FOREIGN OBJECT DEBRIS (FOD) SWEEP TO CLEAR ANY DEBRIS AND SUCESSFULLY RE-OPENED THE RUNWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 8:00 PM LOCAL EST. BQK OPERATIONS MANAGER WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN DATA GATHERING AND TAKING OF PHOTOS PER FAA IIC REQUESTS. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE PILOT IN COMMAND TO OBTAIN A VERBAL AND WRITTEN STATEMENT OF THE EVENTS AS THEY OCCURRED.

## Other reports on N442PT (1)

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

- [Accident 20110718014879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110718014879A), Jul 18, 2011: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20S (N442PT), San Antonio, TX, Substantial damage. On landing N442PT did a go around retracting the gear and flaps. Adding full power at 75 knots and high pitch attitude the plane fall off on the left wing…

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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