# Incident 20050108004339I: Mooney M20J, Valparaiso, IN, January 8, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2005, 13:15 local time
- Place: Valparaiso, IN
- Airport: Porter County Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4540° N, 87.0071° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTER COUNTY RGNL (VPZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4540&lon=-87.0071&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4395H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4395H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 738 total, 318 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050108004339I

## Narrative

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

(-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^

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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