# Incident 20040409008449I: Mooney M20M, Pittstown, NJ, April 9, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2004, 15:40 local time
- Place: Pittstown, NJ
- Airport: Sky Manor Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5659° N, 74.9793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKY MANOR (N40), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5659&lon=-74.9793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38CF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,435 total, 50 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040409008449I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING AN APPROACH TO LANDING ON RUNWAY 25 AT THE SKY MANOR AIRPORT (N40) IN PITTSTOWN, NJ, THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AT APPROXIMATELY TEN FEET IN THE AIR, SHORT OF THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. THE FLIGHT WAS A TRAINING FLIGHT FOR MR. RUO, HIS INSTRUCTOR AND, PILOT IN COMMAND, MR. WEBER OCCUPIED THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR BEGAN TO COLLAPSE AS A RESULT OF THE HARD LANDING CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS, AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE FLAPS. THE WEATHER WAS VMC AND THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES.

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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