19781022029679I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Bedford, MA · October 22, 1978

Date
October 22, 1978 · 11:30 local
Place
Bedford, MA
Airport
L G Hanscom
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9425V
Reported as
Mooney M20C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
208 total17 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.

Pilot bounced, porpoised recovered, then landed. Bent the prop blades and curled the tips.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT BOUNCED, PORPOISED RECOVERED, THEN LANDED. BENT THE PROP BLADES AND CURLED THE TIPS.