# Incident 20181212018579I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Liberal, KS, December 12, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 2018, 12:40 local time
- Place: Liberal, KS
- Airport: Liberal Mid-America Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0439° N, 100.9600° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LIBERAL MID-AMERICA RGNL (LBL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0439&lon=-100.9600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231PG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231PG) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 98 total, 38 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181212018579I

## Narrative

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

PER THE AIRMAN'S STATEMENT, THE AIRMAN FLEW FROM MEADOW LAKE AIRPORT (KFLY) IN COLORADO TO THE OKLAHOMA CITY AIRPORT (KOKC) ON DECEMBER 10, 2018. HE BECAME UNSTABLIZED DURING THE APPROACH AFTER ATC HAD ASKED THE AIRMAN TO CHANGE RUNWAYS. UPON LANDING AT OKC, THE AIRPLANE PORPOISED BEFORE SETTLING ON THE RUNWAY.

IN AN EFFORT NOT TO REPEAT THAT ERROR, ON HIS RETURN TRIP, THE AIRMAN PLANNED ON A FUEL STOP AT THE WEST WOODWARD, OKLAHOMA AIRPORT (KWWR). THE AIRPLANE AGAIN PORPOISED AND THE AIRMAN INITIATED A GO-AROUND, AND DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO LIBERAL, KANSAS (KLBL).

ON THE LANDING ATTEMPT AT LIBERAL, THE AIRMAN WAS FIXATING ON AIRSPEED AND THE FINAL APPROACH, THAT THE AIRMAN NEGLECTED TO CONFIRM THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED.

## Other reports on N231PG (4)

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

- [Incident 20101024050309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101024050309I), Oct 24, 2010: Mooney Airc M20K (N231PG), Marshall, TX, Minor damage. On 10/24/10 at or AROUND1600 local time, Mooney N231PG attemted a touch and go landing. On the first attempt the instructor pilot reported everything looked…
- [Accident 20030929030389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030929030389A), Sep 29, 2003: Mooney M20K (N231PG), Midlothian, VA, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot reported, at approximately 1105 am local, near the fak VOR, he felt an unusual and violent vibration and also noticed a sudden, total loss of…
- [Incident 19890918051879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890918051879I), Sep 18, 1989: Mooney M20K (N231PG), Dallas, TX, Minor damage. Engine seized due to lack of oil. Forced landing. Engine oil drain plug had come out. Not secured correctly.
- [Accident 19880701024929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880701024929A), Jul 1, 1988: Mooney M20K (N231PG), Gunnison, CO, Substantial damage. Power supply and audio circuits shorted. Caused electrical fire. Engine quit. Crashed short of runway. Fuel pump leak.

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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