19970523017839I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Morristown, NJ · May 23, 1997

Date: May 23, 1997 · 11:30 local
Place: Morristown, NJ
Airport: Morristown Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5796Q
Reported as: Mooney M20C
Reported engine: Lycoming O360A1D
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 235 total130 in this make and model24 in the last 90 days

N5796QRegistered now · Mooney M20CS/N 3100 · Built 1965 Airframe modelMooney M20C 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.

Narrative: passenger: Mr. Check swim privacy data omitted. Mr. Robert bryan wepasnick departed bwi on 05/23/97, at 10:20 under VFR conditions, with Mr. Chuck swim his passenger. The trip was to terminate at mmu. While making a VFR approach and landing at mmu, Mr. Wepasnick made a hard landing and hit the prop tips. He executed a go around and made a second landing. Mr. Wepasnick did not know that he hit the prop tips until he did a walk-around on the ramp later. Minor damage to prop tips.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PASSENGER: MR. CHECK SWIM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. MR. ROBERT BRYAN WEPASNICK DEPARTED BWI ON 05/23/97, AT 10:20 UNDER VFR CONDITIONS, WITH MR. CHUCK SWIM HIS PASSENGER. THE TRIP WAS TO TERMINATE AT MMU. WHILE MAKING A VFR APPROACH AND LANDING AT MMU, MR. WEPASNICK MADE A HARD LANDING AND HIT THE PROP TIPS. HE EXECUTED A GO AROUND AND MADE A SECOND LANDING. MR.WEPASNICK DID NOT KNOW THAT HE HIT THE PROP TIPS UNTIL HE DID A WALK-AROUND ON THE RAMP LATER. MINOR DAMAGE TO PROP TIPS.

Other reports on N5796Q · 1

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

Incident 20020817019149ILevel Off Touchdown · Fort Meade, MD(-23) Went to Tipton airport to look at aircraft. Inspected aircraft and did not find evidence of gear collapse. Tires and gear doors were not marked or scraped. Belly scraped severely and all 3 prop blades were bent. Nose gear doors were scraped very bad.…Aug 17, 2002 · Minor damage