# Incident 20091203051889I: Mooney Airc M20K, Moneta, VA, December 3, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2009, 14:53 local time
- Place: Moneta, VA
- Airport: Smith Mountain Lake
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1077° N, 79.5925° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE (W91), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1077&lon=-79.5925&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1017M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1017M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY AIRC M20K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091203051889I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED AT TOUCH DOWN THAT HE RAN OFF THE RUNWAY TO AVOID A DEER.  NO AIRCRAFT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, ONLY ON PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N1017M (2)

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

- [Incident 19981006041709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981006041709I), Oct 6, 1998: Mooney M20K (N1017M), Summerland Key, FL, Minor damage. (-5) This accident is the standard "I forgot to put the gear down" landing.
- [Incident 19820922054849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820922054849I), Sep 22, 1982: Mooney M20K (N1017M), Miami, FL, Minor damage. Failed to use landing checklist. Landed gear up.

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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