# Incident 20100220027609I: Mooney M20J, Middletown, DE, February 20, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2010, 10:30 local time
- Place: Middletown, DE
- Airport: Middletown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4417° N, 75.7174° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, DE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4417&lon=-75.7174&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5749X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5749X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series (registry code 41522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,409 total, 530 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100220027609I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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