# Accident 20041105027909A: Mooney M20E, Santa Rosa, NM, November 5, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 2004, 14:30 local time
- Place: Santa Rosa, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9336° N, 104.6433° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9336&lon=-104.6433&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2695W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2695W-2018-01-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,500 total, 50 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN05CA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05CA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041105027909A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 5, 2004, AT 1430 MST, A MOONEY 20-E, N2695W, REGISTERED TO THE PILOT, PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON U.S. HIGHWAY 54 APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE SOUTH OF SANTA ROSA, NM. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PRIVATE FLIGHT FROM MIAMI, OK TO RIDGECREST, CA, AND HAD COMPLETED A PLANNED FUEL STOP IN TUCUMCARI, NM AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 MST WHEN IT BEGAN EXPERIENCING ENGINE PROBLEMS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DEVELOPING SUFFICIENT POWER TO REACH THE SANTA ROSA, NM AIRPORT, AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND ON THE HIGHWAY. DURING THE LANDING, THE RIGHT WING STRUCK A ROAD SIGN AND SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WHEN THE PILOT MANEUVERED TO AVOID VEHICLE TRAFFIC. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT, HOLDER OF A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE, WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM TUCUMCARI, NM ON NOVEMBER 5, 2004 AT APPROXIMATELY 1400.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN05CA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05CA020), Nov 5, 2004: Mooney M20E (N2695W), Santa Rosa, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: Inadequate maintenance inspection which failed to detect the separation of the right P-lead, resulting in a loss of engine power.

## Other reports on N2695W (1)

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

- [Incident 20110627013579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110627013579I), Jun 27, 2011: Mooney M20E (N2695W), Victorville, CA, Minor damage. During landing at vcv on 06/27/2011 at 2330 hrs aircraft N2695W performed a gear up landing due to landing gear would not extend resulting in minor aircraft…

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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