# Incident 20240629011199I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Durango, CO, June 29, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2024, 12:35 local time
- Place: Durango, CO
- Airport: Durango, Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2645° N, 107.8741° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Durango, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2645&lon=-107.8741&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57247, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57247-2025-08-04) (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-520-NB17B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 411 total, 136 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/20240629011199I

## Narrative

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

ON 06/29/2024^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A MOONEY N20K, WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT AT DURANGO, CO AIRPORT (KDRO) RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDING A COLLAPSED LANDING GEAR AND BENT PROPELLERS. THERE WERE TWO ON BOARD, PILOT AND PASSANGER, AND NO REPORTED INJURIES. PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ON A FLIGHT FROM KCMA TO KBJC WITH A PLANNED FUEL STOP IN KFMN. AFTER LANDING AT KFMN, HE TOPPED OFF BOTH TANKS AND DEPARTED VFR. PILOT LEVELED OFF AT 11,500 MSL FOR CRUISE. UPON PASSING KDRO AIRPORT, HE NOTIFIED DENVER CENTER THAT HE PLANNED TO CLIMB TO 13,500 MSL. AFTER INTIATING CLIMB AND SWITCHING TO THE RIGHT TANK, THE PILOT NOTED A REDUCTION IN ENGINE POWER. PILOT SWITCHED BACK TO THE LEFT TANK WHICH DID NOT RESTORE FULL POWER. THIS STARTED A DESCENT DURING WHICH THE PILOT RAN THROUGH CHECKLISTS TO ATTEMPT TO RESTART AND RESTORE POWER, WHICH WAS UNSUCESSFUL. HE NOTIFIED DENVER CENTER WHO EVENTUALLY TRANSFERRED HIM TO DURANGO TOWER (KDRO). PILOT NOTIFIED TOWER OF ISSUE WITH REDUCED POWER AND INTENTION TO LAND RUNWAY 21. PILOT BELIEVED HE STILL HAD LIMITED POWER AT THIS TIME. ON FINAL FOR 21 HE CONFIGURED THE AIRCRAFT FOR LANDING AND EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF PERFORMANCE, INCREASING DESCENT RATE. PILOT REALIZED HE WOULD NOT MAKE THE RUNWAY AND SIDESTEPPED AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT TO AIM FOR A PATCH OF GRASS, RATHER THAN HIT LOCALIZER EQUIPTMENT AT THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON GRASS TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY 21 AND LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED SHORTLY AFTER CROSSING OVER THE TAXIWAY. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO NOSEWHEEL LANDING GEAR AND PROPELLER.

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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