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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Collegeville, PA · April 12, 1984

Date: April 12, 1984 · 19:10 local
Place: Collegeville, PA
Airport: Perkiomen Valley
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1977Y
Reported as: Mooney M20E
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360A1A
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 873 total14 in this make and model44 in the last 90 days

N1977YRegistered now · Mooney M20ES/N 264 · Built 1964 Airframe modelMooney M20E Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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.

Struck tree tops on final for a night landing. Put dents in right wing tip.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK TREE TOPS ON FINAL FOR A NIGHT LANDING. PUT DENTS IN RIGHT WING TIP.

Other reports on N1977Y · 1

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

Incident 19780423011069IFcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise · Salisbury, MDSevere vibration at cruise. Pilot reduced power and landed at nearest airport. 4 inches of prop tip missing.Apr 23, 1978 · Substantial damage