# Incident 20180530015199I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Sunriver, OR, May 30, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2018, 10:30 local time
- Place: Sunriver, OR
- Airport: Sunriver
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8763° N, 121.4531° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUNRIVER (S21), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8763&lon=-121.4531&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231AU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231AU) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,533 total, 2,713 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180530015199I

## Narrative

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

PIC WAS RETURNING TO S21 AFTER A LOCAL FLIGHT ON 05-30-2018. PIC REPORTS THAT WHILE ON DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 36, ANOTHER AIRCRAFT ADVISED HIM OF GUSTY CONDITIONS AT THE AIRPORT. DURING LANDING FLARE, PIC REPORTS THAT GUSTY CONDITIONS CAUSED HIM TO LAND HARD AND BOUNCE BACK INTO THE AIR. AFTER A SECOND BOUNCE, PIC REPORTS THAT HE INITIATED A GO-AROUND BUT THAT GUSTY CONDITIONS PREVENT A SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY AND WENT THROUGH A BARBED-WIRE FENCE BEFORE COMING TO A STOP IN A FIELD. PIC WAS THE SOLE PERSON ON BOARD AND WAS NOT INJURED. AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WINGTIP, RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE, AND RIGHT GEAR DOOR.

## Other reports on N231AU (1)

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

- [Incident 19960201030079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960201030079I), Feb 1, 1996: Mooney M20K (N231AU), Bend, OR, Minor damage. Narrative: according to the pilot, during the landing approach the nose gear struck a snow berm on the approach end of the runway. The runway had been plowed…

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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