# NTSB Accident WPR15FA208
> **MOONEY M20E** · 2015-07-04 · Salem, OR, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR15FA208
- **Event ID:** 20150704X24851
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2015-07-04
- **Location:** Salem, OR, USA
- **Coordinates:** 44.919166, -123.007225
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** MOONEY
- **Model:** M20E
- **Registration:** N5608Q
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's unstabilized approach and delayed remedial action, which resulted in a porpoise during landing. Also causal to the accident was the pilot’s exceedance of the airplane's critical angle-of-attack during the subsequent aborted landing, which resulted in a low altitude stall/spin.

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