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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Toughkenamon, PA · June 24, 2024

Date
June 24, 2024 · 16:45 local
Place
Toughkenamon, PA
Airport
New Garden
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N78956
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total3,000 in this make and model10 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.

Pilot elected to land with strong gusty quartering tailwinds and upon touchdown went off the side of the runway. Aircraft right main landing gear collapsed and the propeller struck the runway. Both wings sustained minor damage from impacting the ground.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ELECTED TO LAND WITH STRONG GUSTY QUARTERING TAILWINDS AND UPON TOUCHDOWN WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY. BOTH WINGS SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE FROM IMPACTING THE GROUND.