# Incident 20210213005399I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20, Socorro, NM, February 13, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 2021, 18:05 local time
- Place: Socorro, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0545° N, 106.9062° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Socorro, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0545&lon=-106.9062&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78929, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78929) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20 (registry code 5870202, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY AIRCRAFT CORP. M20
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,540 total, 100 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210213005399I

## Narrative

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

ON 13 FEBRUARY 2021 , AT 1800 MST, A 1961 MOONEY M20C, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING IN GUSTY CROSSWINDS IN SOCORRO, NM, KONM, CAUSING THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE, RESULTING IN A PROP STRIKE AND SUPERFICIAL DAMAGE TO THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE FAA CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE SANTA TERESA, NM, AIRPORT, KDNA.

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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