# Incident 20000810021899I: Mooney M20J, Bedford, MA, August 10, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2000, 12:30 local time
- Place: Bedford, MA
- Airport: Laurence G Hanscom Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4699° N, 71.2890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAURENCE G HANSCOM FLD (BED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4699&lon=-71.2890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96KS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N96KS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 300 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/20000810021899I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT STATED AIRCRAFT BALLOONED PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. PILOT ADDED POWER AND PUSHED FORWARD ON THE YOKE.  AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD ON NOSE GEAR, BREAKING THE SHOCK DISCS RESULTING IN PROP STRIKING THE GROUND.  WEATHER WAS REPORTED TO ME BY THE TOWER AS 310 AT 22.

## Other reports on N96KS (1)

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

- [Incident 19991219034749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991219034749I), Dec 19, 1999: Mooney M20J (N96KS), Bedford, MA, Minor damage. (-23) This aircraft touched down on Bedford runway 29 approx 365 feet short of the painted runway threshold at 1900 sat. 12-19-99. The aircraft did a touch and…

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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