# Incident 20150725012722I: Mooney M20J, Sant Monica, CA, July 25, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2015, 10:20 local time
- Place: Sant Monica, CA
- Airport: Santa Monica Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0158° N, 118.4513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA MONICA MUNI (SMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0158&lon=-118.4513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44NS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44NS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,535 total, 3,246 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150725012722I

## Narrative

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

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

- N35HS, Cirrus SR22: no report for this aircraft in the release

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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