# Incident 20060611022739I: Mooney M20K, Manassas, VA, June 11, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2006, 17:57 local time
- Place: Manassas, VA
- Airport: Harry P Davis Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7468° N, 77.4826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manassas, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7468&lon=-77.4826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1170U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1170U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 200 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/20060611022739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER NORMAL TOUCHDOWN, FELT NOSEWHEEL VIBRATION, THEN SLIGHT DRIFT LEFT. NOSEWHEEL STEERING DID NOT RESPOND. CALLED TOWER TO REPORT LOSS OF NOSEWHEEL STEERING. SECONDS AFTER THE CALL, NOSE DROPPED AND PROP HIT THE RUNWAY. SECURED THE ENGINE AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N1170U (1)

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

- [Incident 20110415012139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110415012139I), Apr 15, 2011: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N1170U), Pineville, WV, Minor damage. 4/15/2011 Approximately 1230 pilot [privacy data omitted] experienced hard landing at Pineville WV (I16). Pilot stated that just before landing (touch down)…

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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