19790417023009I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20 · New Orleans, LA · April 17, 1979

Date: April 17, 1979 · 10:50 local
Place: New Orleans, LA
Airport: Lakefront
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3404X
Reported as: Mooney M20
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 550 total300 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N3404XRegistered now · Mooney M20ES/N 1109 · Built 1966 Airframe modelMooney M20E Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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 tried to land with excess speed, porpoised and damaged both prop tips.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TRIED TO LAND WITH EXCESS SPEED, PORPOISED AND DAMAGED BOTH PROP TIPS.