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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Sant Monica, CA · July 25, 2015

Date
July 25, 2015 · 10:20 local
Place
Sant Monica, CA
Airport
Santa Monica Airport
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Collision on the ground
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N44NS
Reported as
Mooney M20J
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
4,535 total3,246 in this make and model9 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Santa Monica Airport, CA (smo). On Saturday July 25, 2015, 1025 local time, a Mooney aircraft model M20J, registration N44NS had started to taxi with one person aboard when it ran into a parked aircraft N35HS, a Cirrus model SR22. The Mooney N44NS?s prop struck the engine area left side and fuselage area and then became embedded in the left wing to fuselage area of the Cirrus N35HS. The damage to the Cirrus was substantial with the wing and fuselage, including the strap for the built in parachute appeared cut from the prop blades. The damage to the Mooney N44NS had visual prop blades bent and other damage is unknown. A release from NTSB investigator stephen stein was obtained and the aircraft were separated. No injuries to personnel, no fuel leaks or fires, sky was clear and the ramp was dry.

As the FAA filed it

SANTA MONICA AIRPORT, CA (SMO). ON SATURDAY JULY 25, 2015, 1025 LOCAL TIME, A MOONEY AIRCRAFT MODEL M20J, REGISTRATION N44NS HAD STARTED TO TAXI WITH ONE PERSON ABOARD WHEN IT RAN INTO A PARKED AIRCRAFT N35HS, A CIRRUS MODEL SR22. THE MOONEY N44NS?S PROP STRUCK THE ENGINE AREA LEFT SIDE AND FUSELAGE AREA AND THEN BECAME EMBEDDED IN THE LEFT WING TO FUSELAGE AREA OF THE CIRRUS N35HS. THE DAMAGE TO THE CIRRUS WAS SUBSTANTIAL WITH THE WING AND FUSELAGE, INCLUDING THE STRAP FOR THE BUILT IN PARACHUTE APPEARED CUT FROM THE PROP BLADES. THE DAMAGE TO THE MOONEY N44NS HAD VISUAL PROP BLADES BENT AND OTHER DAMAGE IS UNKNOWN. A RELEASE FROM NTSB INVESTIGATOR STEPHEN STEIN WAS OBTAINED AND THE AIRCRAFT WERE SEPARATED. NO INJURIES TO PERSONNEL, NO FUEL LEAKS OR FIRES, SKY WAS CLEAR AND THE RAMP WAS DRY.

Other aircraft in the event · 1

Each aircraft in a collision has its own report.

N35HSCirrus SR22No report for this aircraft in the release