# Accident 20171106023099A: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Los Lunas, NM, November 6, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2017, 19:30 local time
- Place: Los Lunas, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7611° N, 106.7450° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7611&lon=-106.7450&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231JD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N231JD-2026-02-03) (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: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,210 total, 53 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA580](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA580) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171106023099A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 6 2017 AT 19:30 MDT A MOONEY M20K, N231JD, REGISTERED TO, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AT MID VALLEY AIRPARK, LOS LUNAS, NEW MEXICO, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT, VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BENSON ARIZONA, ON NOVEMBER 6, 2017 AT 18:00 MDT.

## 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 GAA17CA580](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA580), Nov 7, 2017: Mooney M20K (N231JD), Los Lunas, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper glidepath during a night approach, which resulted in impact with terrain short of the runway.

## Other reports on N231JD (1)

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

- [Incident 19811013076089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811013076089I), Oct 13, 1981: Mooney M20K (N231JD), Colorado Spring, CO, Minor damage. Landed on nose wheel, porpoised. Made go around with higher than normal rpms. Propeller damaged from runway contact

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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