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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Mooney M20J · Trenton, NJ · December 12, 2000

Date
December 12, 2000 · 11:15 local
Place
Trenton, NJ
Airport
Mercer County
Phase of flight
Prw On Run Landing (Rotorcraft
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N201MP
Reported as
Mooney M20J
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0

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.

(-23) Aircraft appears to have encountered rotor blade turbulence just prior to touchdown and the aircraft became uncontrollable.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT APPEARS TO HAVE ENCOUNTERED ROTOR BLADE TURBULENCE JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE.