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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20R · Bedford, MA · March 10, 2006

Date
March 10, 2006 · 13:35 local
Place
Bedford, MA
Airport
Laurence G Hanscom Fld
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N53WM
Reported as
Mooney M20R
Reported engine
Continental IO550*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,300 total1,100 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

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) The pilot privacy data omitted stated he was taxiing on taxiway sierra to the west ramp entrance. He stated the entrance is about a hundred feet wide. He heard a noise and thought he hit something with his landing gear. Massport came and helped him determine he had hit a knee-high taxiway light with his propeller. He will have his mechanic replace the propeller and check things out. I brought tcm sb 96-11 to his attention and advised him to have an engine tear down inspection performed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ STATED HE WAS TAXIING ON TAXIWAY SIERRA TO THE WEST RAMP ENTRANCE. HE STATED THE ENTRANCE IS ABOUT A HUNDRED FEET WIDE. HE HEARD A NOISE AND THOUGHT HE HIT SOMETHING WITH HIS LANDING GEAR. MASSPORT CAME AND HELPED HIM DETERMINE HE HAD HIT A KNEE-HIGH TAXIWAY LIGHT WITH HIS PROPELLER. HE WILL HAVE HIS MECHANIC REPLACE THE PROPELLER AND CHECK THINGS OUT. I BROUGHT TCM SB 96-11 TO HIS ATTENTION AND ADVISED HIM TO HAVE AN ENGINE TEAR DOWN INSPECTION PERFORMED.

Other reports on N53WM · 2

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