# Incident 20060802015499I: Mooney M20J, Decatur, IL, August 2, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2006, 09:40 local time
- Place: Decatur, IL
- Airport: Decatur
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8346° N, 88.8657° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DECATUR (DEC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8346&lon=-88.8657&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58062, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N58062) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 565 total, 8 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060802015499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA ^ THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 18 AT THE DECATUR, ILLINOIS AIRPORT AND STATES THAT HIS APPROACH SPEED WAS FAST RESULTING IN THE USE OF EXCESSIVE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AFTER TOUCHDOWN AND EXITED THE RUNWAY ONTO THE GRASS DURING THE LANDING MANEUVER. THERE WAS A CROSSWIND TO THE RUNWAY AT THE TIME OF LANDING AND THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER TOUCH DOWN RESULTING IN FAILURE TO REMAIN ON THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS RECEIVED NO INJURIES DURING THIS EVENT, NOR WAS ANY DAMAGE SUSTAINED TO THE AIRCRAFT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N58062 (1)

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

- [Incident 20070511007149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070511007149I), May 11, 2007: Mooney M20J (N58062), Colorado Spring, CO, Minor damage. (-23) On may 16, 2007, inspectors of this office were notified by telephone and e-mail that N58062 had sustained damage upon landing at Colorado Springs, CO on…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.