- Date
- June 10, 1984, 21:48 local (Jun 11, 1984, 01:48 UTC)
- Place
- Atlantic City, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N9914SMooney M20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840610054939A
- Case key
- 35394
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The flt to Atlantic-city-bader field was uneventful, except the acft touched down hard during the landing. The plt taxied to the terminal & parked with the exit door facing the terminal. He elected not to shut down the eng since he intended to immediately takeoff again. The plt told the passengers to deplane thru the rear door & go directly to the terminal, except he asked 1 passenger (his future father-in-law, a previous military aviator) to circle around in front of the acft to look at the landing gear. Due to the hard landing, the plt wanted him to make sure the gear were straight up & down. The plt cautioned the passenger to stay well clear of the prop, at least 25 ft. the passenger circled in front, checked the gear, then walked to wave him back, but to no avail. After a handshake (thru thesmall plt's window) the passenger turned & walked into the prop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9914S
- Reported as
- Mooney M20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-1092
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-AB6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Steven I. Gross
- Registered owner
- New Castle Airways, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 5, 1984
- Departed
- PNE · Northeast Phila, PA
- Destination
- AIY · Atlantic City, NJ
- Airport
- AIY · Atlantic-City,Bader Field, runway 11, 2,950 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 386 total · 253 in this make and model · 298 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 0° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft unknown
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.