# Incident 19781202021869I: Mooney M20C, Farmingdale, NY, December 2, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 1978, 11:30 local time
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Airport: Republic
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7293° N, 73.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REPUBLIC (FRG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7293&lon=-73.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2743W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2743W-2013-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (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 M20C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,340 total, 800 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781202021869I

## Narrative

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

HAND-PROPPED CRAFT WITH PASSENGER AT CONTROLS STARTED, MOVED FORWARD STRIKING PARKED CRAFT.

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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