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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Lexington, SC · March 23, 2008

Date
March 23, 2008 · 16:45 local
Place
Lexington, SC
Airport
Whiteplains
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N79866
Reported as
Mooney M20E
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
436 total27 in this make and model24 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 landed the airplane and was taxiing to a parking spot with a passenger on board. During the taxi, the pilot misjudged the distance from the left wing tip to a tree. The left wing tip struck the tree on the leading edge approximately 8 inches from the tip. The airplane was subject to minor damage and no injuries were reported.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRPLANE AND WAS TAXIING TO A PARKING SPOT WITH A PASSENGER ON BOARD. DURING THE TAXI, THE PILOT MISJUDGED THE DISTANCE FROM THE LEFT WING TIP TO A TREE. THE LEFT WING TIP STRUCK THE TREE ON THE LEADING EDGE APPROXIMATELY 8 INCHES FROM THE TIP. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBJECT TO MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.