31.3407° N, 96.8520° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at MARLIN (T15), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
March 7, 1997 · 17:15 local
Place
Marlin, TX
Airport
Marlin Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5763N
Reported as
Mooney M20J
Reported engine
Lycoming AEIO360A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
332 total105 in this make and model19 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: after landing at the Marlin, TX airport (T15) while turning around on the runway, the nose wheel went off the hard top and dropped into a pothole causing the propeller to strike the ground.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: AFTER LANDING AT THE MARLIN, TX AIRPORT (T15) WHILE TURNING AROUND ON THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE WHEEL WENT OFF THE HARD TOP AND DROPPED INTO A POTHOLE CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND.