# Incident 20021228037449I: Mooney M20R, Winter Haven, FL, December 28, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2002, 16:30 local time
- Place: Winter Haven, FL
- Airport: Winter Haven'S Gilbert Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0222° N, 81.7329° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winter Haven, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0222&lon=-81.7329&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99MS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N99MS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20R (registry code 5870225, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20R
- Reported engine: CONT IO550*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 100 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021228037449I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 28, 2002, AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 EST A MOONEY M-20-R AIRCRAFT STRUCK A STATIONARY AIRCRAFT IN A TIE DOWN (NONE MOVEMENT AREA). THE OTHER AIRCRAFT WAS TIED DOWN AND NOT OPERATING. THE MOONEY AIRCRAFT HAD COME TO REST AT THE END OF A FLIGHT AND AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING SHUT DOWN THE PILOT, AN APPROPRIATELY RATED PRIVATE PILOT, INADVERTENTLY PUSHED THE THROTTLE FORWARD STRIKING THE PARKED AIRCRAFT.

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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