# Incident 20250503016772I: Mooney M20J, Jekyll Island, GA, May 3, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2025, 15:30 local time
- Place: Jekyll Island, GA
- Airport: Jekyll Island
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.0745° N, 81.4278° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JEKYLL ISLAND (09J), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0745&lon=-81.4278&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5636F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5636F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 1,350 in this make and model, 82 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250503016772I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 3RD, 2025 AT APPROXIMATELY 15:30EDT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A MOONEY M20J, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, COLLIDED WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A PIPER PA-28-181, DURING TAXI AT JEKYLL ISLAND AIRPORT-09J. BOTH AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE DAMAGE APPEARS TO BE LIMITED TO THE RIGHT WING TIP OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND THE LEFT WING TIP OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PRIVATE RATED, PILOT IN COMMAND, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS OCCUPIED BY THE COMMERCIAL RATED, PILOT IN COMMAND AND TWO PRIVATE PILOT RATED PASSENGERS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES IN EITHER AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REFUELED AT 09J AND WAS PARKED, ENGINE OFF, ON THE RAMP, PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 36, NEAR THE SELF SERVICE FUEL TANK. THE PIC AND PASSENGERS STATED THAT IT BEGAN TO RAIN AFTER THEY REFUELED, THEY BOARDED THE AIRPLANE TO CHECK THE WEATHER, WAIT FOR A CELL TO PASS, AND FILE AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STARTED TAXIING TO RUNWAY 18. THE ONLY TAXIWAY AT JEKYLL ISLAND AIRPORT IS ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE AIRPORT, ADJACENT TO THE SELF SERVICE FUEL PUMPS. THE LEFT WINGTIP OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS SLIGHTLY OVER THE EDGE OF THE TAXIWAY. THE RIGHT WING OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STRUCK THE LEFT WING OF N^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DURING TAXI. BASED ON STATEMENTS FROM THE PIC, THE VISION FROM THE COCKPIT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS IMPAIRED DUE TO RAIN DROPLETS ACCUMULATED ON THE WINDSCREEN.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N2326V, Piper PA-28-181: no report for this aircraft; [N2326V](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2326V) is registered now

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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