# Incident 20050210003399I: Mooney M20C, Vernal, UT, February 10, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 2005, 16:00 local time
- Place: Vernal, UT
- Airport: Vernal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4361° N, 109.5114° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VERNAL RGNL (VEL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4361&lon=-109.5114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6816U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6816U) (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: 1,193 total, 157 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050210003399I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE FOLLOWING NARRATIVE WAS STATED BY THE PILOT/OWNER ^PRIVACY DATA^: ON 02-10-05 AT 1515 MDT, N6816U, A MOONEY M20C, PILOTED BY OWNER ^PRIVACY DATA^ TOOK OFF FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT FROM THE VERNAL, UTAH AIRPORT (VEL). APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES LATER, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ LANDED BACK AT THE VERNAL AIRPORT. DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ NOTICED THE LEFT WING WAS DIPPING. HE APPLIED LEFT AILERON AND RAISED THE WING. WITHIN 2 SECONDS THE LEFT WING DIPPED AGAIN, AND MORE AILERON WAS APPLIED. WITH THE DECREASED AIRSPEED, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ COULD NOT MAINTAIN LIFT AND THE WING CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SLOWLY VEERED LEFT AND SLID OFF THE RUNWAY CONTACTING A RUNWAY LIGHT ON THE LEFT WING. THE AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET INTO MUD. THE PILOT NOTED THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR FELT SOMEWHAT STIFF WHEN HE PLACED IT IN THE DOWN POSITION. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT.

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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