# Incident 20250502005079I: Mooney M20B, Starbuck, MN, May 2, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2025, 16:06 local time
- Place: Starbuck, MN
- Airport: Starbuck Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5992° N, 95.5362° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STARBUCK MUNI (D32), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5992&lon=-95.5362&mi=10
- Aircraft: N812CH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N812CH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20B (registry code 5870206, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 736 total, 20 in this make and model, 145 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250502005079I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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