# Accident 19980103000049A: Mooney M20J, Westport, OK, January 3, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1998, 16:40 local time
- Place: Westport, OK
- Airport: Keystone Air Park Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1934° N, 96.3371° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Westport, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1934&lon=-96.3371&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201LG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N201LG-2012-08-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A3B6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,505 total, 2,100 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980103000049A

## Narrative

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

ON FLARE CROSSWIND GUST LIFTED WING CAUSING TURN OFF RUNWAY INTO TREES. HAD FULL FLAPS IN STRONG GUSTY CROSSWIND. (-23) THE PRIVATE PILOT HAD COMPLETED A NORMAL APPROACH TO LANDING AT THE AIRPORT WITH FULL FLAPS. THE WIND WAS VERY GUSTY, HOWEVER IT WAS DIRECTLY DOWN THE RUNWAY. JUST PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN A STRONG GUST PICKED THE RIGHT WING UP AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO DRIFT LEFT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE APPLIED FULL POWER AND ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREES APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET HIGH ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND CRASHED. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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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