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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20K · San Diego, CA · October 15, 1981

Date
October 15, 1981 · 18:50 local
Place
San Diego, CA
Airport
Montgomery Field
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N231AJ
Reported as
Mooney M20K
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,700 total60 in this make and model21 in the last 90 days

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.

Hard landing and porpoising failed nose gear, damaged prop, engine cowling and nose gear doors.

As the FAA filed it

HARD LANDING AND PORPOISING FAILED NOSE GEAR, DAMAGED PROP, ENGINE COWLING AND NOSE GEAR DOORS.