# Incident 20230515022529I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Westminster, MD, May 15, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2023, 11:00 local time
- Place: Westminster, MD
- Airport: Carroll County Regional Airpor
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6083° N, 77.0077° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CARROLL COUNTY RGNL/JACK B POAGE FLD (DMW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6083&lon=-77.0077&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231HL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231HL) (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: 555 total, 52 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230515022529I

## Narrative

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

DURING APPROACH TO LANDING THE AIRMAN DECIDED TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND. DURING THE GO-AROUND IN A HIGH-PERFORMANCE AIRCRAFT THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND HIT A RUNWAY DISTANCE SIGN CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING.  THE AIRMAN CONTINUED THE GO-AROUND AND FLEW AROUND THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND LANDED.

## Other reports on N231HL (1)

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

- [Incident 20200608007929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200608007929I), Jun 8, 2020: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N231HL), Lebanon, MO, Minor damage. The pilot had just acquired the aircraft and had flown the aircraft with his instructor to the camdenton, MO airport where the instructor was dropped off. 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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