# Accident 20060105000429A: Mooney M20K, Hillsboro, OR, January 5, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2006, 11:00 local time
- Place: Hillsboro, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5925° N, 123.0139° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5925&lon=-123.0139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27ER, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27ER-2006-05-15) (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: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA06FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06FA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060105000429A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 5, 2006 AT APPROXIMATELY 1055 AM MOONEY M20K, N27ER PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA^ AN INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT, WAS ON FINAL TO RUNWAY 12 AT HILLSBORO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE PILOT HAD REQUESTED TO PERFORM A PRACTICE ILS APPROACH AND WAS APPROXIMATELY 3.5 MILES NORTH WEST OF THE AIRPORT WHEN THE PILOT TRANSMITTED THAT HE WAS LOSING POWER AND WAS GOING TO LAND IN A GRASS AIRFIELD. THE PILOT IMPACTED TERRAIN IN A FILBERT NUT ORCHARD ADJACENT TO SUNSET AIRPARK, NORTH PLAINS, OREGON.

## 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 SEA06FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06FA038), Jan 5, 2006: Mooney M20K (N27ER), North Plains, OR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering for a forced landing, resulting in a stall-spin and uncontrolled descent to ground impact. A contributing factor was the loss of engine…

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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