# Incident 19900721042899I: Mooney M20J, Las Vegas, NV, July 21, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1990
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mc Carran International
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5688M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5688M-1997-06-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 220 total, 5 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900721042899I

## Narrative

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

MADE A HARD LANDING. PORPOISED DAMAGING PROPELLER. MADE A GO AROUND  AND LANDED SAFELY ON SECOND ATTEMPT.

## Other reports on N5688M (1)

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

- [Accident 19950915029879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950915029879A), Sep 15, 1995: Mooney M20J (N5688M), Ono, PA, Destroyed. Elected to go around. Stalled out of nose high climbing turn. Hit concrete porch landing. Aircraft burned.

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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