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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Louisville, KY · June 24, 2025

Date
June 24, 2025 · 14:37 local
Place
Louisville, KY
Airport
Bowman Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N5942Q
Reported as
Mooney M20E
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
150 total40 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

The pilot stated during the landing ground roll, he felt like the landing gear bar moved. The pilot looked away and reached down to check the handle. When the pilot looked up, the aircraft was going off the left side of the runway. There was no damage to the aircraft and no damage to airport property.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT STATED DURING THE LANDING GROUND ROLL, HE FELT LIKE THE LANDING GEAR BAR MOVED. THE PILOT LOOKED AWAY AND REACHED DOWN TO CHECK THE HANDLE. WHEN THE PILOT LOOKED UP, THE AIRCRAFT WAS GOING OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO DAMAGE TO AIRPORT PROPERTY.