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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Bartow, FL · February 8, 2012

Date
February 8, 2012 · 20:45 local
Place
Bartow, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4791H
Reported as
Mooney M20J
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 SER A&C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
15,548 total115 in this make and model66 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.

The pilot was landing on runway 5 at Bartow airport (bow) at approximately 2045 on February 8th, as he lowered the nose gear after touchdown he stated he saw a shadow flash by the runway light and then felt the plane hit something solid. The propeller and engine stopped and he continued his rollout. After stopping he exited the aircraft and saw that one propeller blade hit a large wild boar.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 5 AT BARTOW AIRPORT (BOW) AT APPROXIMATELY 2045 ON FEBRUARY 8TH, AS HE LOWERED THE NOSE GEAR AFTER TOUCHDOWN HE STATED HE SAW A SHADOW FLASH BY THE RUNWAY LIGHT AND THEN FELT THE PLANE HIT SOMETHING SOLID. THE PROPELLER AND ENGINE STOPPED AND HE CONTINUED HIS ROLLOUT. AFTER STOPPING HE EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND SAW THAT ONE PROPELLER BLADE HIT A LARGE WILD BOAR.