# Incident 20090303002969I: Mooney M20C, Houston, TX, March 3, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 2009, 08:51 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Sugar Land Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6222° N, 95.6565° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUGAR LAND RGNL (SGR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6222&lon=-95.6565&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46HS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N46HS) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 320 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090303002969I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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