20231126019959I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20R · Santa Maria, CA · November 26, 2023

Date
November 26, 2023 · 15:15 local
Place
Santa Maria, CA
Airport
Santa Maria Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1006A
Reported as
Mooney M20R
Reported engine
Continental IO-550 series
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
722 total29 in this make and model7 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 approached to land at smx, main tires touched down with no incident, once nose wheel touched down, aircraft veered left. Pilot attempted to turn right and was unsuccessful. Aircraft slid off side of runway, damaging propeller and landing gear on dirt pavement.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT APPROACHED TO LAND AT SMX, MAIN TIRES TOUCHED DOWN WITH NO INCIDENT, ONCE NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN, AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TURN RIGHT AND WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. AIRCRAFT SLID OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY, DAMAGING PROPELLER AND LANDING GEAR ON DIRT PAVEMENT.

Other reports on N1006A · 2

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