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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Houston, TX · March 3, 2009

Date: March 3, 2009 · 08:51 local
Place: Houston, TX
Airport: Sugar Land Regional
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N46HS
Reported as: Mooney M20C
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 350 total320 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

N46HSRegistered now · Mooney M20CS/N 3430 Airframe modelMooney M20C Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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) On February 3rd at 0851 local time during the landing rollout the aircraft departed runway 17 at Sugar Land airport and struck a taxiway sign. The pilot landed within the first 1000 feet of runway along the centerline. The aircraft then veered to the left where it departed the runway at taxiway d. the aircraft struck a taxiway sign damaging the prop, nose wheel, engine cowling, belly, left flap, and the left elevator. The pilot stated that he felt the winds were stronger than what was being reported on AWOS. The winds at the time of the incident were reported as 0090 degrees at 09 knots with gust to 16 knots. There were no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 3RD AT 0851 LOCAL TIME DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 17 AT SUGAR LAND AIRPORT AND STRUCK A TAXIWAY SIGN. THE PILOT LANDED WITHIN THE FIRST 1000 FEET OF RUNWAY ALONG THE CENTERLINE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN VEERED TO THE LEFT WHERE IT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AT TAXIWAY D. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TAXIWAY SIGN DAMAGING THE PROP, NOSE WHEEL, ENGINE COWLING, BELLY, LEFT FLAP, AND THE LEFT ELEVATOR. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE FELT THE WINDS WERE STRONGER THAN WHAT WAS BEING REPORTED ON AWOS. THE WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WERE REPORTED AS 0090 DEGREES AT 09 KNOTS WITH GUST TO 16 KNOTS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.