20251024019299I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Blue Bell, PA · October 24, 2025

Date
October 24, 2025 · 16:01 local
Place
Blue Bell, PA
Airport
Wings Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N799EC
Reported as
Mooney M20J
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 SER A&C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
685 total131 in this make and model15 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.

While conducting a landing, the pilot observed another aircraft on the runway and initiated a go-around. During the application of power, the aircraft contacted the runway, bounced, and subsequently landed on the runway nose wheel, resulting in a nose gear collapse. The aircraft came to rest on the runway.

Post-event inspection revealed minor propeller tip curling; scuffing and deformation of the lower engine cowling and landing gear doors; and failure of the nose landing gear trunnion linkages and shock absorber assembly. No fire occurred, no injuries were reported, and no substantial damage was noted.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE CONDUCTING A LANDING, THE PILOT OBSERVED ANOTHER AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY AND INITIATED A GO-AROUND. DURING THE APPLICATION OF POWER, THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY, BOUNCED, AND SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED ON THE RUNWAY NOSE WHEEL, RESULTING IN A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY.

POST-EVENT INSPECTION REVEALED MINOR PROPELLER TIP CURLING; SCUFFING AND DEFORMATION OF THE LOWER ENGINE COWLING AND LANDING GEAR DOORS; AND FAILURE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TRUNNION LINKAGES AND SHOCK ABSORBER ASSEMBLY. NO FIRE OCCURRED, NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED, AND NO SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED.