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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M-20G · Mesa, AZ · August 9, 1994

Date: August 9, 1994 · 09:27 local
Place: Mesa, AZ
Airport: Falcon Field Airport
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N3966N
Reported as: Mooney M20G
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,500 total500 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N3966NRegistration cancelled May 28, 2003 · Mooney M-20GS/N 680068 · Built 1968 Airframe modelMooney M-20G Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.

Hand started engine with nose wheel chocked. When stepping on step nose raiser,jumped chock. Wing hit passenger.

As the FAA filed it

HAND STARTED ENGINE WITH NOSE WHEEL CHOCKED.WHEN STEPPING ON STEP NOSE RAISER,JUMPED CHOCK.WING HIT PASSENGER.