# Incident 20040226008549I: Mooney M20J, Sussex, NJ, February 26, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2004, 10:45 local time
- Place: Sussex, NJ
- Airport: Sussex Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2002° N, 74.6230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUSSEX (FWN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2002&lon=-74.6230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43JA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43JA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 317 total, 14 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040226008549I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 03 AT THE SUSSEX AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT "BALLOONED" AFTER THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN. THE PILOT STATED HE PULLED BACK HARD ON THE YOKE AND FELT THE AIRCRAFT STALL. HE STATED THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD ON THE NOSE. AS A RESULT, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE MAIN GEAR HIT HARD ENOUGH TO DAMAGE THE MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY, AND ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE POWER WAS IN THE IDLE POSITION. WEATHER WAS VMC, WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE, AND THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES.

## Other reports on N43JA (3)

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

- [Incident 20090924049959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090924049959I), Sep 24, 2009: Mooney M20J (N43JA), Lakewood, NJ, Minor damage. [privacy data omitted] CFI cert #[privacy data omitted] was providing training to [privacy data omitted]in their club aircraft practing take off and landings.…
- [Incident 19980608017509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980608017509I), Jun 8, 1998: Mooney M20J (N43JA), Hagerstown, MD, Minor damage. Hard to control in crosswind. Landed hard porpoised on nose wheel damaging prop and gear door. Locked brakes to stop.
- [Accident 19950711017629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950711017629A), Jul 11, 1995: Mooney M20J (N43JA), Belmar/Farmingd, NJ, Substantial damage. Currency checkout. Ran off runway on touch and go. Hit parked aircraft. Nose high bounce. Due full up elevator trim

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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