# Incident 20030921031739I: Mooney M20R, Quakertown, PA, September 21, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2003, 11:45 local time
- Place: Quakertown, PA
- Airport: Quakertown Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4351° N, 75.3819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at QUAKERTOWN (UKT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4351&lon=-75.3819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6VW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6VW) (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*
- Pilot flight hours: 255 total, 120 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030921031739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ATTEMPTED LANDING AT QUAKERTOWN AIRPORT (UKT) ON RUNWAY 11. BOUNCED AIRCRAFT AND PORPOISED 2 OR 3 TIMES. LANDED ON NOSE GEAR VERY HARD, STRIKING PROPELLER ON RUNWAY. PERFORMED GO-AROUND AND MADE NORMAL PATTERN ENTRY, LANDING OK. DAMAGE OCCURRED TO PROPELLER AND NOSE LANDING GEAR.

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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