# Incident 19911019055189I: Mooney M20K, Pittsburgh, PA, October 19, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 1991, 16:23 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Allegheny County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3544° N, 79.9290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALLEGHENY COUNTY (AGC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3544&lon=-79.9290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N252YQ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N252YQ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911019055189I

## Narrative

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

PILOT BELIEVED SHE HAD A HARD LANDING. PROPELLER SHOWED EVIDENCE OF A GROUND STRIKE.

## Other reports on N252YQ (2)

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

- [Incident 20190618007459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190618007459I), Jun 18, 2019: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N252YQ), Naples, FL, Minor damage. Aircraft departed vnc after a gear check on June 18 at 10:45 LCL. The pilot was repositioning the aircraft back to apf. Due to better weather to the west, he…
- [Incident 19870506024959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870506024959I), May 6, 1987: Mooney M20K (N252YQ), Baraboo, WI, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing roll. The nose gear shock link bolt failed.

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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