# Incident 20040601019889I: Mooney M20C, Newport News, VA, June 1, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2004, 12:03 local time
- Place: Newport News, VA
- Airport: Williamsburg International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9788° N, 76.4280° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newport News, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9788&lon=-76.4280&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5913Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5913Q-2016-09-23) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 800 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040601019889I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 1, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 1203 LOCAL, MR. FREDERICK R. CARTER, AS PIC OF MOONEY-20-C, N5913Q, TAXIED FROM HANGAR 9A AT NEWPORT NEWS/WILLIAMSBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (PHF) TO THE ACTIVE RUNWAY. WHILE ON THE TAXIWAY LEADING FROM THE RAMP, MR. CARTER ATTEMPTED TO TAXI IN-BETWEEN TWO TRUCKS PARKED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY, ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TAXIWAY. MR. CARTER SAW THAT HE WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE VEHICLE ON THE RIGHT AND MOVED TO THE LEFT, RESULTING IN AN IMPACT OF THE LEFT WINGTIP OF HIS AIRCRAFT INTO THE WINDSHIELD OF THE VEHICLE ON THE LEFT .THE LEFT WINGTIP LEADING EDGE OF THE MOONEY WAS CRUSHED BACK WITH SIX TO EIGHT RIVETS POPPED. THE OUTBOARD LEFT AILERON ATTACHMENT POINT AT THE REAR SPAR WAS BUCKLED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO MR. CARTER OR PERSONNEL ON THE GROUND.

## Other reports on N5913Q (3)

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

- [Incident 20100514037319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100514037319I), May 14, 2010: Mooney M20C (N5913Q), Portsmouth, VA, Minor damage. Pilot failed to extend landing gear prior to landing the aircraft. During the flare to touchdown, the prop struck the runway. The pilot did a go around and…
- [Incident 20041112030969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041112030969I), Nov 12, 2004: Mooney M20C (N5913Q), Newport News, VA, Minor damage. (-23) Airman states that he was on wide downwind for second landing when he became distracted programming the GPS. He neglected to conduct the prelanding…
- [Incident 20040727022279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040727022279I), Jul 27, 2004: Mooney M20C (N5913Q), Saluda, VA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot landed long and down wind. Pilot failed to stop aircraft within available runway. Pilot made a left turn onto rough terrain. Nose gear partially…

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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