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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Lincoln Park, NJ · September 4, 2002

Date: September 4, 2002 · 17:00 local
Place: Lincoln Park, NJ
Airport: Lincoln Park Airport
Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2RH
Reported as: Mooney M20J
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 840 total600 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N2RHRegistered now · Mooney M20JS/N 24-3376 · Built 1996 Airframe modelMooney M20J Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On return from practicing take offs and landings at orange county airport (mjg) acft entered pattern for runway 01 at Lincoln Park. Winds were gusty out of the nw. Pilot elected to practice a go around. On the go around pilot stated he retracted the gear prior to assuring the plane was climbing out of ground effect. The airplane settled enough to sustain a prop strike. The acft. Then climbed out and returned for a normal landing. Damage was confined to the propeller/engine.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON RETURN FROM PRACTICING TAKE OFFS AND LANDINGS AT ORANGE COUNTY AIRPORT (MJG) ACFT ENTERED PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 01 AT LINCOLN PARK. WINDS WERE GUSTY OUT OF THE NW. PILOT ELECTED TO PRACTICE A GO AROUND. ON THE GO AROUND PILOT STATED HE RETRACTED THE GEAR PRIOR TO ASSURING THE PLANE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF GROUND EFFECT. THE AIRPLANE SETTLED ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN A PROP STRIKE. THE ACFT. THEN CLIMBED OUT AND RETURNED FOR A NORMAL LANDING. DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO THE PROPELLER/ENGINE.

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