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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Salisbury, MD · April 23, 1978

Date
April 23, 1978 · 21:00 local
Place
Salisbury, MD
Airport
Wicomico
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1977Y
Reported as
Mooney M20E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
106 total65 in this make and model0 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.

Severe vibration at cruise. Pilot reduced power and landed at nearest airport. 4 inches of prop tip missing.

As the FAA filed it

SEVERE VIBRATION AT CRUISE. PILOT REDUCED POWER AND LANDED AT NEAREST AIRPORT. 4 INCHES OF PROP TIP MISSING.

Other reports on N1977Y · 1

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