19791111053949I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Santa Paula, CA · November 11, 1979

Date: November 11, 1979 · 10:31 local
Place: Santa Paula, CA
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6826V
Reported as: Mooney M20F
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 30,000 total4 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N6826VRegistered now · Aerostar Acft Corp Of Texas M20FS/N 22-0008 · Built 1971 Airframe modelAerostar Acft Corp Of Texas M20F Engine modelLycoming TIO-360 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.

At some point unknown during flight test, either examiner or student struck prop tip during landing.

As the FAA filed it

AT SOME POINT UNKNOWN DURING FLIGHT TEST, EITHER EXAMINER OR STUDENT STRUCK PROP TIP DURING LANDING.