# Incident 20060310002719I: Mooney M20R, Bedford, MA, March 10, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2006, 13:35 local time
- Place: Bedford, MA
- Airport: Laurence G Hanscom Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4699° N, 71.2890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAURENCE G HANSCOM FLD (BED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4699&lon=-71.2890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53WM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53WM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20R (registry code 5870225, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20R
- Reported engine: CONT IO550*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060310002719I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

- [Accident 20040529017199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040529017199A), May 29, 2004: Mooney M20R (N53WM), Lebanon, NH, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot [privacy data omitted] flying a Mooney M20R N532WM, was attempting to land on runway 04 at warren/sugarbush airport 0B7 in Vermont at approximately…
- [Incident 19990903034649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990903034649I), Sep 3, 1999: Mooney M20R (N53WM), Nantucket, MA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot reported upon landing ack he caught gust of wind and ballooned up. After porpoising the prop hit the pavement. Pilot grabbed the wrong brief case…

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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