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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20R · Augusta, GA · April 7, 2004

Date: April 7, 2004 · 09:30 local
Place: Augusta, GA
Airport: Daniels Field Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6792G
Reported as: Mooney M20R
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,048 total128 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

N6792GRegistered now · Mooney M20RS/N 29-0012 Airframe modelMooney M20R Engine modelContinental IO-550 seriesReciprocating

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) Pilot states that during his approach to landing at the Augusta, GA, daniel field airport, he allowed the speed of this aircraft to get too slow and the aircraft stalled about 5 feet above the ground which resulted in a hard landing. The aircraft sustained substantial damage to the empennage and tail sections. There were two passengers onboard the aircraft at the time of the accident. There were no injuries as a result of this aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATES THAT DURING HIS APPROACH TO LANDING AT THE AUGUSTA, GA, DANIEL FIELD AIRPORT, HE ALLOWED THE SPEED OF THIS AIRCRAFT TO GET TOO SLOW AND THE AIRCRAFT STALLED ABOUT 5 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND WHICH RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE EMPENNAGE AND TAIL SECTIONS. THERE WERE TWO PASSENGERS ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THIS AIRCRAFT.