# Incident 19980717036049I: Mooney M20K, Urbana, OH, July 17, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 1998, 12:30 local time
- Place: Urbana, OH
- Airport: Grimes Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1324° N, 83.7541° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRIMES FLD (I74), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1324&lon=-83.7541&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231NJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231NJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 57 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980717036049I

## Narrative

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

(-5) PILOT STATED HE LANDED HARD ON MAINLANDING GEAR, PORPOISED THEN CAME DOWN AND HAD A PROP STRIKE. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR THEN COLLAPSED AND THE PILOT BRAKE STEERED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY. NOTE: COPY OF OHIO PATROL REPORT ATTACHED. A/C INSPECTED WITH NO MAJOR DAMAGE NOTED

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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