20080407014139I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20K · Lakeland, FL · April 7, 2008

Date
April 7, 2008 · 16:30 local
Place
Lakeland, FL
Airport
Lakeland Linder Regional
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1041G
Reported as
Mooney M20K
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total800 in this make and model30 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) Pilot was taxiing off of runway 23 under direction of sun n' fun volunteer ground marshaller when nose gear sank into soft soil causing propeller to strike ground. No injuries were reported and aircraft received minor damge to propeller.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS TAXIING OFF OF RUNWAY 23 UNDER DIRECTION OF SUN N' FUN VOLUNTEER GROUND MARSHALLER WHEN NOSE GEAR SANK INTO SOFT SOIL CAUSING PROPELLER TO STRIKE GROUND. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMGE TO PROPELLER.