32.9478° N, 112.7168° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Gila Bend, AZ, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 18, 1978 · 12:30 local
Place
Gila Bend, AZ
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N201BF
Reported as
Mooney M20J
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
222 total25 in this make and model0 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.
Ran off side of runway after encountering rabbit and dust devil on rollout.
As the FAA filed it
RAN OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY AFTER ENCOUNTERING RABBIT AND DUST DEVIL ON ROLLOUT.