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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20B · Starbuck, MN · May 2, 2025

Date: May 2, 2025 · 16:06 local
Place: Starbuck, MN
Airport: Starbuck Municipal
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N812CH
Reported as: Mooney M20B
Reported engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 736 total20 in this make and model145 in the last 90 days

N812CHRegistered now · Mooney M20BS/N 1716 Airframe modelMooney M20B Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On may 2, 2025 on a routine training flight, the crew, consisting of a flight instructor and student pilot, had been practicing landings for a student pilot. On the third approach to land the flight instructor noted a longer flare than normal which was thought to be due to the soft field landing technique applied. Upon touchdown the prop struck the runway and was subsequently damaged. The aircraft settled onto the runway and the crew secured the aircraft before exiting.

As the FAA filed it

ON MAY 2, 2025 ON A ROUTINE TRAINING FLIGHT, THE CREW, CONSISTING OF A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT, HAD BEEN PRACTICING LANDINGS FOR A STUDENT PILOT. ON THE THIRD APPROACH TO LAND THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR NOTED A LONGER FLARE THAN NORMAL WHICH WAS THOUGHT TO BE DUE TO THE SOFT FIELD LANDING TECHNIQUE APPLIED. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DAMAGED. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY AND THE CREW SECURED THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE EXITING.