MOONEY PLT HIT AN ANTENNA.

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FERRYING ACFT TO BUILD TIME. DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS AND AVAILABILITY I HAD NOT HAD DINNER THE PREVIOUS NIGHT AND NO BREAKFAST THAT MORNING. I PLANNED ON MARION TO BE A FUEL AND LUNCH STOP. I BEGAN MY DSCNT FROM 9500 FT MSL ABOUT 20 MI OUT. DUE TO HAZE AND UNFAMILIARITY WITH AREA I DID NOT LOCATE ARPT. I WAS TAKING PRECAUTIONS NOT TO SHOCK COOL ENG. WHEN I GOT TO TPA OR 2000 FT MSL I STILL DID NOT HAVE ARPT IN SIGHT. I CIRCLED N OF THE TOWN OF MARION THEN BACK TOWARD THE TOWN OF MARION. OVER MARION I TURNED W; ALL THIS TIME I HAD NOT INCREASED PWR AND HAD BACK PRESSURE ON THE YOKE. UPON TURNING E OVER THE TOWN I WANTED TO CHK MY FLT GUIDE AGAIN FOR RWYS AND RADIO FREQS. IT WAS IN THE REAR SEAT AND HAD FALLEN TO THE FLOOR. I FOUND THE WESTERN THEN CENTRAL; UPON LOCATING MY EASTERN FLT GUIDE; I HEARD A LOUD 'BANG' TO MY L. UPON LOOKING UP I SAW I WAS VERY LOW ABOUT 200 FT AGL AND IMMEDIATELY INCREASED PWR AND PULLED UP. I FOUND THE AIRFIELD DIRECTLY IN FRONT AND LANDED. I FOUND OUT I HAD HIT A FIBERGLASS ANTENNA AND IT HAD MADE A DENT IN MY OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE. PRAISE GOD I AM STILL ALIVE.