# Incident 19990224001719I: Mooney M20D, Petaluma, CA, February 24, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 1999, 14:30 local time
- Place: Petaluma, CA
- Airport: Petaluma Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2578° N, 122.6053° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PETALUMA MUNI (O69), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2578&lon=-122.6053&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1957Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1957Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20D (registry code 5870210, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20D
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 125 total, 30 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990224001719I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE ACFT, AND THE ACFT RAN OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY AFTER ENCOUNTERING A STRONG GUST OF WIND, THE ACFT CAME TO REST IN THE MUD WITH SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.PILOTS STATEMENT:I WAS RETURNING FROM A TRIP TO CLEAR LAJE WERE I WAS GOING TO HAVE THE AIRCRAFT ANNUALLED. I TURNED AROUND DUE TO BAD WEATHER. I WAS SET UP FOR LANDING, AT THE PETALUMA AIRPORT, SPEED WAS GOOD, FLAPS WERE SET AT FULL DOWN. JUST BEFORE TOUCH DOWN A GUST OF WIND BLEW ME OFF CENTERLINE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE FAR LEFT OF THE RUNWAY SO I DECIDED TO GO AROUND. I ADVANCED THE THROTTLE TO FULL POWER, AS I DID SO THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED UP. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED UP I HEARD THE STALL HORN GO OFF. THEN I REDUCED THE THROTTLE, THE WIND HAD BLOWN ME OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE MUD. THIS IS WERE THE AIRCRAFT FINALLY CAME TO REST. WITNESS STATEMENTS CONFIRM HIS STORY, ONE WITNESS WAS THE ACTING AIRPORT MANAGER, PEGGY BAKER.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.