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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Quakertown, PA · October 24, 1981

Date: October 24, 1981 · 23:20 local
Place: Quakertown, PA
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3989N
Reported as: Mooney M20F
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360A1A
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 190 total70 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N3989NRegistered now · Mooney M20FS/N 680154 · Built 1968 Airframe modelMooney M20F Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot taxiing aircraft to runway for takeoff, went into a ditch damaged propeller tips.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TAXIING AIRCRAFT TO RUNWAY FOR TAKEOFF, WENT INTO A DITCH DAMAGED PROPELLER TIPS.

Other reports on N3989N · 1

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

Accident 19730811026529ARoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Meeker, COWind gusting 17K. Hit concrete culvert. Dmgd ldg gr,prop and bottom of acft.Aug 11, 1973 · Substantial damage