# Incident 20040706019939I: Mooney M20F, Critz, VA, July 6, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2004, 11:40 local time
- Place: Critz, VA
- Airport: Moorefield'S Airstrip Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.5599° N, 80.1378° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOOREFIELD'S AIRSTRIP (VA27), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5599&lon=-80.1378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6878V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6878V-2014-11-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,150 total, 800 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040706019939I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1140 AM, THE PILOT TRAVELING FROM CONCORD, NH TO MOBILE, AL HAD PLANNED TO LAND AT PACE AIRPORT (VA02) FOR FUEL. THE PILOT WAS USING VOR SIGNALS FOR NAVIGATION AND WHEN HE GOT BELOW 3500 FT., HE SAW AN AIRSTRIP THAT HE THOUGHT WAS VA02. THE PILOT THEN MADE AN APPROACH AND LANDED BUT THEN OVERSHOT THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO ITS HIGH APPROACH SPEED OVERSHOT THE RUNWAY AFTER TOUCHDOWN AND SLID DOWN THE EMBANKMENT AND CAME TO A STOP WITH MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES. AFTER LANDING THE PILOT REALIZED HE LANDED AT A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP.

## Other reports on N6878V (2)

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

- [Accident 20101110050539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101110050539A), Nov 10, 2010: Mooney M20F (N6878V), Copake, NY, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Aircraft departed IFR from lpr to gbr at 2023Z with two persons onboard. After reporting visual of gbr to alb air traffic control pilot canceled IFR for visual…
- [Incident 20090425005249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090425005249I), Apr 25, 2009: Mooney M20F (N6878V), Mansfield, MA, Minor damage. (-23) N6878V landed at marlboro, MA on runway 32 and clipped a tree with its right wing at approximately 1130 EDT, 4/25/2009. No injuries reported.

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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