- Date
- October 12, 1985, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ocean City, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73SDMooney M20C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851012072639A
- Case key
- 30247
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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 acft collided with a bird while descending for an apch to landing at Ocean City. Substantial damage resulted to the right horizontal stabilizer. The plt was able to maintain control of the acft with difficulty. A successful landing was accomlished. .
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73SD
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20-1252
- Airframe hours
- 320
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Whittle & Mutch, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1985 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- N14 · Medford, NJ
- Destination
- 26N · Ocean City, NJ
- Airport
- 26N · Ocean City, runway 24, 3,000 × 60 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 929 total · 150 in this make and model · 929 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 21,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.