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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Middletown, DE · February 20, 2010

Date: February 20, 2010 · 10:30 local
Place: Middletown, DE
Airport: Middletown
Phase of flight: Taxi
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5749X
Reported as: Mooney M20J
Reported engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,409 total530 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

N5749XRegistered now · Mooney M20JS/N 24-1454 · Built 1984 Airframe modelMooney M20J Engine modelLycoming AEIO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On Saturday, February 20, 2010, at 10:30 a.m. local time, pilot privacy data omitted experienced an uncommanded door ajar while enroute VFR from cecil county airport, Maryland, (58M) to cambridge airport, Maryland (cge). After an uneventful precautionary landing at Middletown Airport, Delaware(evy), he taxied his aircraft, N5749X, a Mooney M20J, onto a taxiway having snow berms on both sides. The right wing of his aircraft struck a snow berm, pulling the aircraft into that berm. The aircraft sustained minor damage to the right wing, engine cowl, and nose gear. A sudden stoppage of the engine was reported, although no damage to the propeller itself was visible upon inspection by an FAA airworthiness inspector.

As the FAA filed it

ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2010, AT 10:30 A.M. LOCAL TIME, PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPERIENCED AN UNCOMMANDED DOOR AJAR WHILE ENROUTE VFR FROM CECIL COUNTY AIRPORT, MARYLAND, (58M) TO CAMBRIDGE AIRPORT, MARYLAND (CGE). AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT MIDDLETOWN AIRPORT, DELAWARE(EVY), HE TAXIED HIS AIRCRAFT, N5749X, A MOONEY M20J, ONTO A TAXIWAY HAVING SNOW BERMS ON BOTH SIDES. THE RIGHT WING OF HIS AIRCRAFT STRUCK A SNOW BERM, PULLING THE AIRCRAFT INTO THAT BERM. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING, ENGINE COWL, AND NOSE GEAR. A SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF THE ENGINE WAS REPORTED, ALTHOUGH NO DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER ITSELF WAS VISIBLE UPON INSPECTION BY AN FAA AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR.