# Incident 20080513837709I: Mooney M20C, Winchester, VA, May 13, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2008, 21:40 local time
- Place: Winchester, VA
- Airport: Winchester Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1435° N, 78.1444° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINCHESTER RGNL (OKV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1435&lon=-78.1444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4961K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4961K) (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: 1,200 total, 200 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080513837709I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 2140 LOCAL TIME THE OWNER OPERATOR OF N4961K, AFTER LANDING AT OKV, FAILED TO TURN ON HIS LANDING LIGHT AFTER LANDING WHILE TAXIING.  THIS CAUSED HIM TO BE TAXIING ON THE RAMP AREA INSTEAD OF THE TAXIWAY.  HE DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE RED LIGHTS ON HIS LEFT AND THE ABSENCE OF THE BLUE LIGHTS.  HE CONTINUED TO TAXI OVER A GRAVEL ROAD AND DOWN A 45 DEGREE BANK UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT RESTED IN A DITCH.  MINOR DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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