# Incident 20060226002099I: Mooney M20C, Joshua Tree, CA, February 26, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2006, 17:30 local time
- Place: Joshua Tree, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1347° N, 116.3131° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Joshua Tree, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1347&lon=-116.3131&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6588U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6588U-2007-10-01) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060226002099I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT STOLEN FROM HANGAR AT BIG BEAR AIRPORT BY TWO 14 YEAR BOYS. AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL AFTER A BRIEF FLIGHT AND CRASH LANDED IN THE JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK. THE TWO YOUNG BOYS WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER DETERMINATION THE INJURIES WERE LIMITED TO BRUISES AND ABRASIONS. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR AND MINOR DAMAGE TO ENGINE COWL AND PROP. NTSB WILL NOT CONSIDER THIS AN ACCIDENT OR ASSIGN A FILE NUMBER. AIRCRAFT RECOVERED AND TRANSPORTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA ^

## Other reports on N6588U (1)

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

- [Incident 19920614026139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920614026139I), Jun 14, 1992: Mooney M20C (N6588U), Lake Tahoe, CA, Minor damage. VFR pilot unable to maintain VFR. Had icing conditions. Resulted in engine power loss. Emergency landing on beach.

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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