# Incident 19810325025959I: Mooney M20K, Chicago, IL, March 25, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 1981, 14:41 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Meiga Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27LP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N27LP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 275 total, 200 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/19810325025959I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT PORPOISE ON LANDING AND DAMAGED THE PROP.

## Other reports on N27LP (1)

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

- [Incident 19851230072509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851230072509I), Dec 30, 1985: Mooney M20K (N27LP), Fort Collins, CO, Minor damage. Aircraft jerked uncontrollably when nose wheel touched down. Ran off runway. Out of annual, steering disconnected.

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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