# Accident 20010416006459A: Mooney M20K, Bountiful, UT, April 16, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2001, 17:45 local time
- Place: Bountiful, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake Skypark Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8681° N, 111.9275° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8681&lon=-111.9275&mi=10
- Aircraft: N921Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N921Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN01LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010416006459A

## Narrative

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

(-23) A/C LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER APPROX. 10 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE FROMBTF AIRPORT. PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY RETURN TO AIRPORT.  INITIAL INVESTIGATION INDICATED THAT THE PILOT WAS APPLYING RIGHT BRAKE PRESSURE DURING LANDING RESULTING IN MAJOR CROSS-CONTROL INPUT CAUSING IN THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL TO SEPERATE WHEN BRAKE PRESSURE WAS RELEASED.  HOWEVER, SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION SHOWS THAT THE PILOT FLEW A VERY SHALLOW APPROACH AND TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF THE RUNWAY WHERE BOTH MAIN TIRES CAME IN CONTACT WITH A TUBULAR RUNWAY BARRIER (APPROX. 18" HIGH).  THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE BARRIER.  SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRCRAFT EXITED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE RIGHT LEADING EDGE OF THE WING FUSELAGE LEFT AILERON, AND LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUT.  NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE PILOT OR PASSENGERS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN01LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA087), Apr 17, 2001: Mooney M20K (N921Z), Bountiful, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the airplane's electrical system for an undetermined reason, which resulted in the collapse of the left main gear on landing.

## Other reports on N921Z (1)

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

- [Incident 20111226030049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111226030049I), Dec 26, 2011: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N921Z), Eagle Pass, TX, Minor damage. Pilot landed at Eagle Pass airport on runway 13. Upon landing aircraft nose gear struck a runway sign and light just short of runway turnoff causing nose gear…

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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