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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Lee'S Summit, MO · March 10, 2025

Date
March 10, 2025 · 21:00 local
Place
Lee'S Summit, MO
Airport
Lee'S Summit Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6212U
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,841 total302 in this make and model15 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.

On takeoff roll, pilot seat slid back to where the pilot could not maintain rudder and throttle control. Pilot was able to reach the throttle on second attempt to pull the throttle to idle. The aircraft pulled left and exited runway 18 and collided with a pasi light causing damage to the right wing leading edge before coming to a complete stop.

As the FAA filed it

ON TAKEOFF ROLL, PILOT SEAT SLID BACK TO WHERE THE PILOT COULD NOT MAINTAIN RUDDER AND THROTTLE CONTROL. PILOT WAS ABLE TO REACH THE THROTTLE ON SECOND ATTEMPT TO PULL THE THROTTLE TO IDLE. THE AIRCRAFT PULLED LEFT AND EXITED RUNWAY 18 AND COLLIDED WITH A PASI LIGHT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP.