# Incident 20100507004959I: Mooney M20R, Fairfield, NJ, May 7, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2010, 18:23 local time
- Place: Fairfield, NJ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8837° N, 74.3060° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairfield, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8837&lon=-74.3060&mi=10
- Aircraft: N968SM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N968SM-2018-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20R (registry code 5870225, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 2,300 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/20100507004959I

## Narrative

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

AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 22 AT KCDW AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT VEERD TO THE LEFT AND ONTO THE GRASS NORTH OF TAXIWAY BRAVO JUST PASS THE 3000 FT REMAINING MARKER.THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE T-HANGER'S WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED A VERY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DOOR.THE PILOT STATED, AFTER THE LANDING HE APPLIED UNEVEN PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES AND THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED OFF TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY 22 IN TO THE GRASS.

## Other reports on N968SM (1)

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

- [Accident 20101222055989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101222055989A), Dec 22, 2010: Mooney M20R (N968SM), Barrington, NY, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On December 22, 2010, at approximately 2145 local time, FAA inspector [privacy data omitted] arrived at the scene of an accident involving a Mooney M20…

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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