# Incident 20250203007729I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Mesa, AZ, February 3, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 2025, 09:43 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57146, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N57146) (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: 1,672 total, 1,572 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250203007729I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS BEING RELOCATED FROM DVT TO FFZ FOR MAINTENANCE.  AIRCRAFT ENTERED LEFT DOWNWIND RWY 4L, INSTRUCTED TO TURN BASE.  AIRMAN TURNED TO FINAL WITH AN UNSTABLE APPROACE ESTABLISHED.  AIRCRAFT WAS HIGH AND FAST ON APPROACH.  AIRMAN PROCEEDED TO ATTEMPT THE LANDING WITH EXCESS SPEED RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING WITH MULTIPLE BOUNCES AND PORPOISE.  AFTER MULTIPLE CYCLES, AIRCRAFT SUFFERED A PROP STRIKE.  AIRCRAFT WAS SHUTDOWN AND SUBSEQUENTLY TOWED TO PARKING.

## Other reports on N57146 (1)

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

- [Incident 20180604015339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180604015339I), Jun 4, 2018: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N57146), Watsonville, CA, Minor damage. On June 4, 2018, N57146 a Mooney M20K made a gear up landing at Watsonville municipal airport (kwvi). This resulted in a prop strike and underbelly fuselage…

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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