# Incident 19921227055539I: Mooney M20K, Van Nuys, CA, December 27, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1992, 16:00 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N777WP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N777WP-2020-11-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921227055539I

## Narrative

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

ALMOST LANDED GEAR UP. MADE A GO AROUND AS PROPELLER BLADE STRUCK RUNWAY. LANDED SAFELY ON SECOND TRY.

## Other reports on N777WP (1)

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

- [Accident 20200313005369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200313005369A), Mar 13, 2020: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N777WP), Sylmar, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. On March 13, 2020, about 1447 pacific daylight time, a Mooney M20K, N777WP, was destroye when it was involved in an accident near Sylmar, California. The…

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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