# Incident 20240414013839I: Mooney M20C, Loveland, CO, April 14, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 2024, 15:45 local time
- Place: Loveland, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3978° N, 105.0750° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Loveland, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3978&lon=-105.0750&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6667U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6667U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 375 total, 83 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240414013839I

## Narrative

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

WHILE FLYING FROM CHEYENNE REGIONAL AIRPORT, CHEYENNE, WY (KCYS), TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN METRO AIRPORT, BOULDER, CO (KBJC) PILOT EXPERIENCED ENGINE POWER ISSUE AND ELECTED TO LAND ON HIGHWAY 287.  PILOT LANDED SAFELY.  NO INJURIES WERE ENCOUNTERED.  MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING WAS ENCOUNTERED: A SMALL DENT IN THE LEADING EDGE NEAR THE BLADE TIP AND SCRAPE MARKS ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE WING FROM THE LEADING EDGE ONTO THE AILERON.

PIC STATED THAT HE HAD A FRIEND, A CANADIAN MECHANIC (NON FAA CERTIFIED) INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT WHO STATED THAT IT WAS AIRWORTHY.  PILOT, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL, TOOK OFF FROM THE HIGHWAY AND RETURNED SAFELY TO KBJC.

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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