# Accident 20250630007769A: Mooney M20M, Kingsville, TX, June 30, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2025, 10:00 local time
- Place: Kingsville, TX
- Airport: Kleberg County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.5488° N, 98.0290° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5488&lon=-98.0290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5287S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5287S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20M (registry code 5870222, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20M
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 4
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 299 total, 23 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA228) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250630007769A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT PORPOISED DURING HARD LANDING.  PILOT ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND, AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY HEADING, COMING TO A HEADING OF ~98° TOWARD A TREE LINE. PILOT CUT POWER, AND AIRCRAFT TRAVELED ABOUT 650 FEET, LEFT WING TIP STRUCK THE GROUND FOLLOWED BY PROPELLER, THEN IMPACT WITH A TREE, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN25LA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA228), Jun 30, 2025: Mooney M20M (N5287S), Ben Bolt, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while landing with a crosswind.

## Other reports on N5287S (1)

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

- [Incident 19991005034209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991005034209I), Oct 5, 1999: Mooney M20M (N5287S), Bison, SD, Minor damage. (-23) Investigation revealed that airplane landed on runway 29 at Bison. There were tire marks where the mains touched and where the nose wheel touched…

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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