# Incident 20120307006039I: Mooney M20J, Lake Charles, LA, March 7, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 2012, 10:50 local time
- Place: Lake Charles, LA
- Airport: Lake Charles Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1261° N, 93.2234° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE CHARLES RGNL (LCH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1261&lon=-93.2234&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6201Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6201Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 116 total, 23 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120307006039I

## Narrative

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

MARCH 7TH 2012 AIRCRAFT N6201Y LANDED ON RWY 15 AT LCH. WINDS WERE FROM 160 AND GUSTY. N6201Y TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RIGHT MAINS FOLLOWED BY LEFT MAINS AND THEN THE NOSE GEAR. WHEN NOSEGEAR TOUCHED DOWN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT GOING INTO THE GRASS APOXIMATELY TEN FEET AWAY FROM RWY 15. THE PILOT APPLIED FULL RIGHT PEDAL TO CORRECT THE AIRCRAFT FROM GOING INTO THE GRASS, HOWEVER, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THIS INPUT. LATER INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED A BROKEN STEERING LINKAGE. THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE OR BROKEN COMPONENTS FOUND ON THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N6201Y (1)

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

- [Incident 20200110003389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200110003389I), Jan 10, 2020: Mooney M20J (N6201Y), Marianna, FL, Minor damage. During landing, pilot failed to extend the landing gear. Aircraft settled onto runway causing a prop strike at a low power setting and came to rest. No…

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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