# Incident 20250409007069I: Mooney M20B, Chesapeake, VA, April 9, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2025, 11:00 local time
- Place: Chesapeake, VA
- Airport: Chesapeake Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6656° N, 76.3207° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHESAPEAKE RGNL (CPK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6656&lon=-76.3207&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74566, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N74566) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20B (registry code 5870206, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20b) (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 M20B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,022 total, 247 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250409007069I

## Narrative

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

CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA: A MOONEY M20B DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY DURING INITIAL TAKEOFF ROLL.  THE PILOT REGAINED CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHILE IT WAS IN THE CENTER SOD AND CONTINUED TO GROUND TAXI THROUGH THE GRASS TO THE TAXIWAY. PILOT CONTINUED DOWN THE TAXIWAY TO THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED SECOND TAKEOFF ATTEMPT AND ENTERED TRAFFIC PATTERN.  DURING LANDING ROLL-OUT, THE AIRCRAFT AGAIN EXITED THE RUNWAY MIDFIELD TO THE LEFT SIDE, ENTERED CENTER SOD, APPROACHED A SLOPING DRAINAGE BERM IN CENTER OF THE AIRFIELD, STRUCK THE PROPELLER, STRUCK THE LEFT WING, AND CAME TO A STOP IN THE MUD.

## Other reports on N74566 (1)

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

- [Incident 20190525005109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190525005109I), May 25, 2019: Mooney M20B (N74566), Winchester, VA, Minor damage. N74566 is a 1961 Mooney M20B [privacy data omitted]. The standard a/w certificate date is 11 October 1961 and the valid registration certification issue date…

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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