# Incident 19990926027459I: Mooney M20J, Plymouth, MA, September 26, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 1999, 15:52 local time
- Place: Plymouth, MA
- Airport: Plymouth Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9088° N, 70.7276° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PLYMOUTH MUNI (PYM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9088&lon=-70.7276&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97983, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N97983) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series (registry code 41522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,010 total, 175 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990926027459I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED TO CAPE TRACON THAT THE AUTOPILOT WAS STUCK. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND REQUESTED TO LAND AT THE NEAREST AIRPORT.  AIRCRAFT MADE A HARD LANDING AT PLYMOUTH AT 1552 EDT, 9/26/99.  INCIDENT NOT REPORTED BY PILOT.  AIRCRAFT WAS NOTICED MAKING A HARD LANDING BY WITNESSES AT PYM.  DAMAGE CONSISTED OF PROP STRIKE, LANDING GEAR DOOR DAMAGE, MINOR FUSELAGE DAMAGE AND STRUCTURE DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N97983 (2)

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

- [Incident 20040717017269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040717017269I), Jul 17, 2004: Mooney M20J (N97983), Bridgeport, CT, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft departed runway 24 at Sikorsky memorial airport reaching an altitude of 300 feet before engine stopped completely. Pilot made gear up landing on…
- [Incident 19831231073539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831231073539I), Dec 31, 1983: Mooney M20J (N97983), Stroudsburg, PA, Minor damage. Landed at wrong airport then lost control on an attempted takeoff on icy surface. Aborted takeoff by raising gear.

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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