# Incident 20050820018459I: Mooney M20K, Somerville, NJ, August 20, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2005, 13:00 local time
- Place: Somerville, NJ
- Airport: Somerset Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6260° N, 74.6700° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOMERSET (SMQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6260&lon=-74.6700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N777MT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N777MT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050820018459I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHEN LANDING AT SOMERSET AIRPORT (SMQ), NJ, PILOT LANDED HARD ON NOSE WHEEL, CAUSING IT TO BREAK OFF. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED PROPELLER, FRONT NOSE WHEEL AND ENGINE DAMAGE. THE ABOVE OBSERVATION OF THE LANDING WAS WITNESSED BY A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AT SOMERSET AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N777MT (1)

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

- [Incident 20111025025449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111025025449I), Oct 25, 2011: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N777MT), Middletown, RI, Minor damage. On October 25, 2011, at approximately 1830 eastern standard time (EST), a Mooney M20K, N777MT being flown by pilot/[privacy data omitted] failed to control the…

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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