# Incident 20170818012069I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Yellow Pine, ID, August 18, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2017, 08:10 local time
- Place: Yellow Pine, ID
- Airport: Big Creek
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9607° N, 115.4854° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yellow Pine, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9607&lon=-115.4854&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231PP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231PP) (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: 767 total, 512 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170818012069I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED THAT HE SET UP AN APPROACH TO LAND FULL STOP ON RUNWAY 19 AT BIG CREEK (U60).

LANDING WAS WITH FULL FLAPS.

DURING THE LANDING FLARE AT APPROXIMATELY 5-10 FEET AGL, THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED ONTO THE RUNWAY.

THE HARD LANDING CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO FOLD WHICH RESULTED IN A PROP STRIKE. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS REPORTED.

## Other reports on N231PP (1)

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

- [Incident 20180622008409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180622008409I), Jun 22, 2018: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N231PP), Boise, ID, Minor damage. N231PP, a 1980 Mooney model M-20K/231, departed Boise international airport (boi) runway 28L full length, operating on a 14 CFR § 91 personal flight after…

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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