# Incident 20210527010149I: Mooney M20D, Perry, NY, May 27, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2021, 09:00 local time
- Place: Perry, NY
- Airport: Perry-Warsaw
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7413° N, 78.0521° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PERRY-WARSAW (01G), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7413&lon=-78.0521&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6657U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6657U-2023-02-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20D (registry code 5870210, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20d) (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 M20D
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,770 total, 152 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210527010149I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE SAW AN AIRCRAFT IN CLOSE PROXIMITY WHILE ON DOWNWIND. HE DESCENDED AND TURNED AWAY, THEN ENDED UP IN A FLOCK OF BIRDS. HE BECAME DISORIENTED AND THEN REALIZED HE WAS IN SOME TREE TOPS. HE THEN WAS ABLE TO RECOVER AND CLIMB TO A SAFE ALTITUDE. HE THEN CHECKED HIS FLIGHT CONTROLS AND RE-ENTERED THE PATTERN AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY.

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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