# Incident 20080215010919I: Mooney M20F, Millville, NJ, February 15, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 2008
- Place: Millville, NJ
- Airport: Millville Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3678° N, 75.0722° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MILLVILLE MUNI (MIV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3678&lon=-75.0722&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3591N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3591N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,180 total, 1,121 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080215010919I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED: HE PLANNED A VFR FLIGHT FROM EVY TO MIV TO WWD & THEN BACK TO EVY. HE RECEIVED A BRIEFING APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF HOUR BEFORE DEPARTURE. UPON HIS ARRIVAL AT MIV HE SET UP FOR A LANDING ON RUNWAY 28. HE CALLED MIV RADIO AND RECEIVED THE AIRPORT ADVISORY. HE WAS TOLD TO ADVISE ENTERING THE PATTERN & DID SO ENTERING THE DOWNWIND FOR 28. HE WENT THROUGH THE CHECKLIST, HAD THE BOOST PUMP ON, LANDING LIGHT ON, MIXTURE AND PROP FULL IN. HE GOT DISTRACTED BY THE INCREASED WIND GUSTS AND A BUZZARD. ON FINAL ALL SEEMED TO BE IN ORDER, HE INITIATED THE FLARE, GROUND SPEED DROPPED AND THE PLANE SETTLED. HE THEN HEARD THE PROP STRIKES AND DECIDED IT WAS BEST TO LAND RATHER THAN GO AROUND. THE PLANE SLID TO A STOP. HE SHUT DOWN ALL FUEL AND ELECTRIC & EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. DAMAGE WAS MINIMAL, PROP WAS DESTROYED, ENGINE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN STOPPAGE. FUSELAGE LOWER SKIN WAS SCRATCHED, NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS WERE DAMAGED, ANTENNA WAS BROKEN AND STEP WAS DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N3591N (1)

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

- [Accident 19730323006259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730323006259A), Mar 23, 1973: Mooney M20F (N3591N), Alcoa, TN, Substantial damage. Aprx 3/4 quart water drained from l fuel tank. Hit gnd l wing low turned counter-clockwise.

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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