# Incident 20000611032229I: Mooney M20K, Morristown, NJ, June 11, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2000, 11:15 local time
- Place: Morristown, NJ
- Airport: Morristown Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7993° N, 74.4149° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MORRISTOWN MUNI (MMU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7993&lon=-74.4149&mi=10
- Aircraft: N252D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N252D) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000611032229I

## Narrative

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

(-23)MOONEY N252D WAS TAKING OFF ON RUNWAY 23 AT MMU WHEN A DEER IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS JUST ROTATING TO THE TAKEOFF POSITION.  THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AND HIT THE DEER UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT, OWNER OF MOONEY REQUESTED A GEAR CHECK, AND CAME BACK FOR A LANDING.  THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N252D (1)

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

- [Incident 19870410028519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870410028519I), Apr 10, 1987: Mooney M20K (N252D), Columbus, OH, Minor damage. Aircraft porpoised during a night landing. Propeller struck the runway, go around made with a safe landing.

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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