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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20K · Moab, UT · August 17, 1993

Date: August 17, 1993 · 14:30 local
Place: Moab, UT
Airport: Canyonlands Field Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N31GH
Reported as: Mooney M20K
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,090 total298 in this make and model36 in the last 90 days

N31GHRegistered now · Mooney M20KS/N 25-0516 · Built 1981 Airframe modelMooney M20K Engine modelContinental TSIO-360 seriesReciprocating

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.

Pilot had a sudden and rapid descent. Made a hard landing. Bounced. Made a go around. Landed safely.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HAD A SUDDEN AND RAPID DESCENT. MADE A HARD LANDING. BOUNCED. MADE A GO AROUND. LANDED SAFELY.