# Incident 20031002026349I: Mooney M20C, Midlothian, TX, October 2, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 2003, 19:15 local time
- Place: Midlothian, TX
- Airport: Mid-Way Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4583° N, 96.9125° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MID-WAY RGNL (JWY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4583&lon=-96.9125&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6818U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6818U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (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 M20C
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 50 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031002026349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 2, 2003 @ 1915 CDT, A MOONEY M20C, N6818U LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 18 AT THE MID-WAY REGIONAL AIRPORT AT MIDLOTIAN/WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS. THE AIRPLANE IS OWNED BY WILLIAM PRIKRYL AND WAS OPERATED BY DAVID BLAIR KRATZER UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR, PART 91 AND VISUAL FLIGHT RULES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT. NEITHER THE PILOT NOR THE PASSENGER, ^PRIVACY DATA^ RECEIVED INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED A PROPELLER STRIKE AND SCRATCHED FUSELAGE UNDERSIDE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MID-WAY REGIONAL AIRPORT FOR A FEW TURNS AND STALLS IN THE TRAINING AREA, THEN RETURNED FOR A SERIES OF TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED.

## Other reports on N6818U (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19900430018819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900430018819I), Apr 30, 1990: Mooney M20C (N6818U), Terrell, TX. Loss of oil pressure and power. Smoke in cockpit. Landed on road. Had oil leak in area of oil cooler.

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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