# Incident 19980801038949I: Mooney M20E, Houston, TX, August 1, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1998, 14:47 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Sugar Land Municipal/Hull Field Arp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3266F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3266F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 63 total, 45 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980801038949I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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