# Incident 19950425018239I: Mooney M20K, Santa Monica, CA, April 25, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1995, 15:45 local time
- Place: Santa Monica, CA
- Airport: Santa Monica Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0158° N, 118.4513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA MONICA MUNI (SMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0158&lon=-118.4513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1148V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1148V-2012-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 10 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950425018239I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 25, 1995, A MOONEY M20K, TAXIED INTO THE ASSIGNED LONG TERM PARKING SPACE AT SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA (SMO). AFTER TAXIING THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE PARKING SPACE THE PILOT ELECTED TO RUN THE ENGINE FOR AN ADDITIONAL PERIOD OF TIME IN ORDER TO ALLOW PROPER COOLING OF THE ENGINE AND TURBO CHARGER. WHILE THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING THE PILOT WAS HOLDING THE AIRPLANE IN PLACE BY APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE FOOT BRAKES. AS THE PILOT REACHED OVER TO THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT TO GATHER UP HIS CHARTS THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED FORWARD. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE REAR STABILIZER AND FUSELAGE OF AN UNOCCUPIED BEECHCRAFT BONANZA. BOTH AIRCRAFT HAVE BEEN TOWED TO A LOCAL MAINTENANCE FACILITY FOR REPAIRS.

## Other reports on N1148V (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20040316003599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040316003599A), Mar 16, 2004: Mooney M20K (N1148V), Mar Vista, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) On 3/16/2004 Mooney M-20-K impacted a house on final approach to sant monica airports, santa monica CA. Weather reported at time of accident was 1/2 mile…

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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