20050108004339I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Valparaiso, IN · January 8, 2005

Date: January 8, 2005 · 13:15 local
Place: Valparaiso, IN
Airport: Porter County Municipal
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4395H
Reported as: Mooney M20J
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 738 total318 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

N4395HRegistered now · Mooney M20JS/N 24-0724 Airframe modelMooney M20J Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) N4395H, after shooting an ILS approach, upon touchdown on runway 27 at vpz, pilot applied aircraft brakes. Rt MLG was on icy patch. Lt MLG contacted dry pavement, aircraft pivoted left, aircraft departed runway 27, plowed through two (2) foot deep snow bank, over a runway side marker light, finally contacting the outside VASI light, with the right wing tip, shearing VASI light from its mounts. Aircraft settled 125 feet south off of runway 27 in the grass in approximately four (4) inches of snow. No injuries. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) N4395H, AFTER SHOOTING AN ILS APPROACH, UPON TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 27 AT VPZ, PILOT APPLIED AIRCRAFT BRAKES. RT MLG WAS ON ICY PATCH. LT MLG CONTACTED DRY PAVEMENT, AIRCRAFT PIVOTED LEFT, AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 27, PLOWED THROUGH TWO (2) FOOT DEEP SNOW BANK, OVER A RUNWAY SIDE MARKER LIGHT, FINALLY CONTACTING THE OUTSIDE VASI LIGHT, WITH THE RIGHT WING TIP, SHEARING VASI LIGHT FROM ITS MOUNTS. AIRCRAFT SETTLED 125 FEET SOUTH OFF OF RUNWAY 27 IN THE GRASS IN APPROXIMATELY FOUR (4) INCHES OF SNOW. NO INJURIES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^