# Incident 20150415008199I: Mooney Airplane Co Inc M20TN, Fairfield, NJ, April 15, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2015, 16:20 local time
- Place: Fairfield, NJ
- Airport: Essex County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8752° N, 74.2814° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ESSEX COUNTY (CDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8752&lon=-74.2814&mi=10
- Aircraft: N666AG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY AIRPLANE CO INC M20TN
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 399 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150415008199I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 15, 2015, THE PILOT OF AIRCRAFT N666AG WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 4 AT KCDW. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING FINAL APPROACH, JUST BEFORE TOUCH DOWN HE EXPERIENCED A GUST OF WIND. THIS FORCED THE AIRCRAFT TO (BALLOON) BOUNCE OFF RUNWAY MULTIPLE TIMES. EXECUTING A GO AROUND THE AIRCRAFT'S (N666AG) LEFT FLAP STRUCK THE RUNWAY MARKING SIGN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT'S LEFT FLAP.

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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