# Incident 19810531044819I: Mooney M20E, Caldwell, NJ, May 31, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1981, 21:00 local time
- Place: Caldwell, NJ
- Airport: Essex County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8752° N, 74.2814° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ESSEX COUNTY (CDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8752&lon=-74.2814&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9450V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9450V-2013-09-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 380 total, 280 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810531044819I

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE HARD LANDING AT NIGHT DURING TOUCH AND GO LANDING RESULTING IN PORPOISING AND NOSE EAR COLLAPSE.

## Other reports on N9450V (3)

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

- [Accident 19830427016279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830427016279A), Apr 27, 1983: Mooney M20E (N9450V), Daytona Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing then lost control attempting a go around. Veered right and struck a palm tree.
- [Incident 19810309039749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810309039749I), Mar 9, 1981: Mooney M20E (N9450V), Rio Grande, NJ, Minor damage. Electrical failure. Manually extended gear. Gear collapsed on landing.
- [Accident 19730429010111A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730429010111A), Apr 29, 1973: Mooney M20E (N9450V), Pottstown, PA, Substantial damage. Acft veered l off rwy hit Cessna N34231 on grass taxiway,both acft sub dmgd.

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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