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Accident · Minor damage

FAA accident report · Mooney M20M · Searchlight, NV · June 29, 2006

Date
June 29, 2006 · 10:00 local
Place
Searchlight, NV
Airport
Searchlight Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2142G
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX06CA224
Reported as
Mooney M20M
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
400 total300 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

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) Pilot stated that the aircraft struck a rock during a normal landing at Searchlight, Nevada airport (IL3) causing the left main landing gear to collapse. The pilot lost directional control of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A ROCK DURING A NORMAL LANDING AT SEARCHLIGHT, NEVADA AIRPORT (IL3) CAUSING THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE. THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.