# Incident 20231126019959I: Mooney M20R, Santa Maria, CA, November 26, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 2023, 15:15 local time
- Place: Santa Maria, CA
- Airport: Santa Maria Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9331° N, 120.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Maria, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9331&lon=-120.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1006A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1006A) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 722 total, 29 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231126019959I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20230326003629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230326003629I), Mar 26, 2023: Mooney M20R (N1006A), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. On March 26, 2023 Mooney [privacy data omitted] had a propeller strike on landing runway 26R at ksdm. Aircraft was able to taxi off the runway and to the ramp.…
- [Accident 20131107021529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131107021529A), Nov 7, 2013: Mooney M20R (N1006A), Loveland, CO, Substantial damage. On Thursday, November 7, 2013, at approximately 11:25 am MST, a Mooney, M20R, registered as N1006A, recieved substantial damage when the aircraft impacted…

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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