# Incident 20110729016419I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Big Piney, WY, July 29, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2011, 14:00 local time
- Place: Big Piney, WY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5402° N, 110.1193° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Big Piney, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5402&lon=-110.1193&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231FW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231FW) (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 AIRCRAFT CORP. M20K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 620 total, 230 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110729016419I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ABOUT TO TOUCH DOWN ON LANDING AND GUST OF WIND (CROSSWIND) CAUGHT AIRCRAFT AND PILOT LOST CONTROL CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO LEAVE RUNWAY INTO SAGEBRUSH. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

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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