# Incident 19960201030079I: Mooney M20K, Bend, OR, February 1, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 1996, 16:30 local time
- Place: Bend, OR
- Airport: Sunriver Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8763° N, 121.4531° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUNRIVER (S21), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8763&lon=-121.4531&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231AU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231AU) (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: 1,900 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960201030079I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, DURING THE LANDING APPROACH THE NOSE GEAR STRUCK A SNOW BERM ON THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY. THE RUNWAY HAD BEEN PLOWED AND THE BERM AT THE APPROACH END WAS DIFFICULT TO DISTINGUISH. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE. FURTHER ACTION NOT DEEMED NECESSARY.

## Other reports on N231AU (1)

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

- [Incident 20180530015199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180530015199I), May 30, 2018: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N231AU), Sunriver, OR, Minor damage. PIC was returning to S21 after a local flight on 05-30-2018. PIC reports that while on downwind for runway 36, another aircraft advised him of gusty conditions…

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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