# Accident 19971119038699A: Mooney M20K, Minneapolis, MN, November 19, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 1997, 20:00 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Flying Cloud Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8275° N, 93.4586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLYING CLOUD (FCM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8275&lon=-93.4586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N252A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N252A) (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
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,469 total, 1,350 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971119038699A

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: IFR CHECK RIDE PLANNED. PILOT HAS TROUBLE WITH NIGHT VISION. AFTER BREAKING THROUGH THE CLOUDS, COULD NOT SEE RUNWAY LIGHTS, LEVELED OUT AND DECIDED TO ATTEMPT LANDING. HIT SEVEN RUNWAY LIGHTS ON LANDING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (-23) IFR CHECK RIDE PLANNED. PILOT HAS TROUBLE WITH NIGHT VISION.  AFTER BREAKING THROUGH THE CLOUDS, COULD NOT SEE RUNWAY LIGHTS, LEVELED OUT AND DECIDED TO ATTEMPT LANDING.  HIT SEVEN RUNWAY LIGHTS ON LANDING.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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