# Incident 19970425011269I: Mooney M20C, New Haven, CT, April 25, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1997, 04:50 local time
- Place: New Haven, CT
- Airport: Tweed-New Haven
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2637° N, 72.8877° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TWEED/NEW HAVEN (HVN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2637&lon=-72.8877&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35KR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35KR-2004-06-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,378 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970425011269I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: LANDED TWEED/NEW HAVEN RUNWAY 02 AT 0450 EST. THEN PROCEEDED TO TURN ON TO TAXIWAY CHARLIE AND MISJUDGED THE TURN OFF AND HIT THE PROP IN THE SOFT DIRT ALONG SIDE THE TAXIWAY. DAMAGE TO PROP ONLY. I COUNSELED MR. ROBERTSON WITH COORDINATION OF INSPECTOR GEBRYEL AND INSPECTOR MARTENS.

## Other reports on N35KR (1)

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

- [Accident 20030726017509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030726017509A), Jul 26, 2003: Mooney M20C (N35KR), Blanding, UT, Destroyed, 4 fatal. (-23) Aircraft departed north las vegas airport, Nevada (vgt) with intentions to refuel at Blanding, Utah airport (bdg) then continue to final destination…

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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