# Accident 20181205023269A: Mooney M20J, Lakeland, FL, December 5, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 2018, 14:39 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0395° N, 81.9498° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakeland, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0395&lon=-81.9498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3876H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3876H-2020-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 400 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181205023269A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM X39 TO KLAL. THERE WAS A CROSSWIND ON RUNWAY 5 AND HE WAS PRACTICING CROSSWIND LANDINGS. THE APPROACH WAS STABILIZED AND NORMAL UNTIL ON FINAL JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN HE ENCOUNTERED A SUDDEN WIND GUST, WHICH LIFTED THE UPWIND LEFT WING. WHILE CORRECTING FOR THE SUDDEN GUST, THE RIGHT WING TOUCHED THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPOED INTO THE GRASS BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY.  THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED, BENT LEFT WING AND AIRFRAME, ALSO UPPER ENGINE MOUNTS PULLED  FROM THE FIREWALL.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N3876H (1)

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

- [Incident 20120714014809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120714014809I), Jul 14, 2012: Mooney M20J (N3876H), Tampa, FL, Minor damage. On July 14, 2012, at 1020 EDT, a Mooney M-20J, N3876H, registered to [privacy data omitted] landed gear up while on a personal recurrency training flight. The…

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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