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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Houston, TX · August 1, 1998

Date
August 1, 1998 · 14:47 local
Place
Houston, TX
Airport
Sugar Land Municipal/Hull Field Arp
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3266F
Reported as
Mooney M20E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
63 total45 in this make and model35 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.

(-5)Student pilot, Mr. John west, landed runway 17 at ksgr, at approximately 60 KTS the airplane departed the runway to the right. Mr. West maneuvered the airplane back onto the runway and returned to parking. At this time no damage was suspected. Mr. West did not feel the airplane strike anything, and sgr tower also told him it appeared he did not strike anything. On the following day Mr. West saw a softball size hole on the botton of the left wing, further more the 6000 ft. remaining board was slightly bent over. The airplane received minor damage and Mr. West was uninjured.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)STUDENT PILOT, MR. JOHN WEST, LANDED RUNWAY 17 AT KSGR, AT APPROXIMATELY 60 KTS THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT. MR. WEST MANEUVERED THE AIRPLANE BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY AND RETURNED TO PARKING. AT THIS TIME NO DAMAGE WAS SUSPECTED. MR. WEST DID NOT FEEL THE AIRPLANE STRIKE ANYTHING, AND SGR TOWER ALSO TOLD HIM IT APPEARED HE DID NOT STRIKE ANYTHING. ON THE FOLLOWING DAY MR. WEST SAW A SOFTBALL SIZE HOLE ON THE BOTTON OF THE LEFT WING, FURTHER MORE THE 6000 FT. REMAINING BOARD WAS SLIGHTLY BENT OVER.THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND MR. WEST WAS UNINJURED.