# Incident 20201226018909I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, St. Augustine, FL, December 26, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 2020, 13:23 local time
- Place: St. Augustine, FL
- Airport: St Augustine
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9593° N, 81.3397° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST AUGUSTINE (SGJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9593&lon=-81.3397&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5223J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5223J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY AIRCRAFT CORP. M20K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201226018909I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A BIRD STRIKE ON TAKE OFF FROM SAINT AUGUSTINE (SGJ).  IT MISSED THE PROPELLER AND LANDING GEAR OR ANY OTHER PART OF THE PLANE THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.  UPON LANDING, INSPECTION REVEALED A SMALL DENT ON THE UNDER SIDE OF THE LEFT WING.

## Other reports on N5223J (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20231124018599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231124018599I), Nov 24, 2023: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N5223J), Middletown, OH, Minor damage. Aircraft landed gear up on runway 05 at kmwo airport.
- [Incident 20080428847829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080428847829I), Apr 28, 2008: Mooney M20K (N5223J), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. N5223J was instructed by Chicago Midway air traffic control, to taxi to runway 31 left via taxiway foxtrot four. ATC changed the taxi instructions to "taxi to…

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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