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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Allentown, PA · June 7, 1995

Date
June 7, 1995 · 22:30 local
Place
Allentown, PA
Airport
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1039K
Reported as
Mooney M20J
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,157 total40 in this make and model34 in the last 90 days

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.

Narrative: told by ground to taxi, made a right on what he thought was a taxiway to go to runway 31, which got narrow and changed surface conditions, went to turn around, saw low sign just before he hit it - sign was facing the other way and warned to "beware of aircraft".

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: TOLD BY GROUND TO TAXI, MADE A RIGHT ON WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A TAXIWAY TO GO TO RUNWAY 31, WHICH GOT NARROW AND CHANGED SURFACE CONDITIONS, WENT TO TURN AROUND, SAW LOW SIGN JUST BEFORE HE HIT IT - SIGN WAS FACING THE OTHER WAY AND WARNED TO "BEWARE OF AIRCRAFT".