# Incident 20010802021609I: Mooney M20, Yuma, AZ, August 2, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2001, 09:00 local time
- Place: Yuma, AZ
- Airport: Yuma Mcas - Yuma International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6559° N, 114.6064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at YUMA MCAS/YUMA INTL (NYL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6559&lon=-114.6064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5212B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5212B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20 (registry code 5870202, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20) (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 M20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,610 total, 500 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010802021609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT JUST BEFORE TAKE OFF AT YUMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, HE ADJUSTED HIS SEAT FORWARD BECAUSE HE FELT THAT HE WAS TOO FAR BACK FROM THE CONTROL PEDALS. PILOT STATED THAT EVERYTHING WAS GOING GREAT AND THAT HE ROLLED UP TO THE HOLD LINE AND STOPPED AND WAITED FOR AN AIRCRAFT TO LAND, HE THEN PROCEEDED TO TAKE OFF. JUST AS HE LIFTED THE NOSE OFF THE GROUND, HE STATED THE SEAT SLID BACK, RENDERING HIM UNABLE TO MANAGE THE CONTROLS. THE AIRCRAFT THEN SETTLED BACK ON THE GROUND RUNNING OFF THE RUNWAY STRIKNG A RUNWAY SIGN. THE TOWER ASKED IF HE WANTED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND THE PILOT STATED NO, THAT HE WOULD JUST BACK TO BET-KO-AIR AIR. THE AIRCRAFT HAS ONLY MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

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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