# Incident 19811024074969I: Mooney M20F, Quakertown, PA, October 24, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1981, 23:20 local time
- Place: Quakertown, PA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4397° N, 75.3458° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Quakertown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4397&lon=-75.3458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3989N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3989N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 190 total, 70 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811024074969I

## Narrative

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

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 19730811026529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730811026529A), Aug 11, 1973: Mooney M20F (N3989N), Meeker, CO, Substantial damage. Wind gusting 17K. Hit concrete culvert. Dmgd ldg gr,prop and bottom of acft.

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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