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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Altoona, PA · April 28, 2004

Date: April 28, 2004 · 13:30 local
Place: Altoona, PA
Airport: Altoona-Blair County
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4044N
Reported as: Mooney M20F
Reported engine: Continental IO360A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,800 total450 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N4044NRegistered now · Mooney M20FS/N 680164 · Built 1968 Airframe modelMooney M20F Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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) Turbulence caused the aircraft to hit hard causing a propeller strike. Submission of this report closes this incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) TURBULENCE CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO HIT HARD CAUSING A PROPELLER STRIKE. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.