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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Mooney M20J · New Shoreham, RI · July 18, 2020

Date
July 18, 2020 · 18:05 local
Place
New Shoreham, RI
Airport
Block Island State
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N58066
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA20CA264
Reported as
Mooney M20J
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
550 total391 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

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.

Aircraft landed runway 28. After touch down the aircraft started to veer to the right, correction input made and the aircraft began to veer to the left where it departed the runway surface into grass area. The aircraft slide through the grass and through a ditch on the airfield which caused the nose landing gear assembly to depart the aircraft and engine sudden stoppage with propeller striking the surface. The aircraft came to rest with damage to the right wing, lower fuselage and forward engine bay and nose wheel damage.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY 28. AFTER TOUCH DOWN THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO VEER TO THE RIGHT, CORRECTION INPUT MADE AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER TO THE LEFT WHERE IT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE INTO GRASS AREA. THE AIRCRAFT SLIDE THROUGH THE GRASS AND THROUGH A DITCH ON THE AIRFIELD WHICH CAUSED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY TO DEPART THE AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE SUDDEN STOPPAGE WITH PROPELLER STRIKING THE SURFACE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST WITH DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING, LOWER FUSELAGE AND FORWARD ENGINE BAY AND NOSE WHEEL DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.