# Incident 19960812028809I: Mooney M20J, Wellsville, NY, August 12, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1996, 19:33 local time
- Place: Wellsville, NY
- Airport: Wellsville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1207° N, 77.9457° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wellsville, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1207&lon=-77.9457&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5811U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5811U-2014-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 657 total, 400 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960812028809I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 8/12/96 AT 1933L, A MOONEY M20J-201, N5811U, OWNED AND REGISTERED TO MR. WERNER E. JANER, COLLIDED WITH SEVERAL METAL STAKES PROTRUDING FROM THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 28 AT TARANTINE FIELD, WELLSVILLE, NY. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WITHOUT INJURY TO THE PILOT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT GLENS FALLS, NY AT 17650 ON 8/12/96. A NOTAM WAS IN EFFECT FROM BUFFALO FLIGHT SERVICE CLOSING ELZ AIRPORT UNTIL 11/05/96 AT 1200L. BOTH ENDS OF RUNWAY 10-28 WERE MARKED WITH LARGE YELLOW "X'S." THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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