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FAA incident report · Mooney M-20G · Leeper, PA · July 25, 1994

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Date
July 25, 1994 · 18:35 local
Place
Leeper, PA
Airport
Fredrick
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6823N
Reported as
Mooney M20G
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,807 total220 in this make and model113 in the last 90 days
N6823NRegistered now · Mooney M-20GS/N 680108 · Built 1968Airframe modelMooney M-20GEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: pilot reported; circled overhead 2 or 3 orbits to look at strip. Made low approach with go-around. Made standard pattern and short field final approach with touch down close to approach end of runway. Applied brakes but very little slowing, applied aft yoke to help slow but still little apparent slowing. Raised flaps and continued braking. Nearing end of runway but questionable if aircraft would come to stop in time. Increased pressure on left pedal to avoid nosing off end of runway and down into ravine with thought of sideward slide possibly increasing tire friction on wet grass. Slid off left corner of runway and through a small wire strung fence with plastic posts. Nose swung right stopping 90 degrees to right of runway heading and left main gear collapsed just prior to end of movement. Turned off all radios, fuel and electrical and exited aircraft. No injuries to passenger or pilot. After looking at runway on foot, saw that runway sloped down-grade in direction he had landed. Wind tee indications had favored landing to the south while in pattern.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT REPORTED; CIRCLED OVERHEAD 2 OR 3 ORBITS TO LOOK AT STRIP. MADE LOW APPROACH WITH GO-AROUND. MADE STANDARD PATTERN AND SHORT FIELD FINAL APPROACH WITH TOUCH DOWN CLOSE TO APPROACH END OF RUNWAY. APPLIED BRAKES BUT VERY LITTLE SLOWING, APPLIED AFT YOKE TO HELP SLOW BUT STILL LITTLE APPARENT SLOWING. RAISED FLAPS AND CONTINUED BRAKING. NEARING END OF RUNWAY BUT QUESTIONABLE IF AIRCRAFT WOULD COME TO STOP IN TIME. INCREASED PRESSURE ON LEFT PEDAL TO AVOID NOSING OFF END OF RUNWAY AND DOWN INTO RAVINE WITH THOUGHT OF SIDEWARD SLIDE POSSIBLY INCREASING TIRE FRICTION ON WET GRASS. SLID OFF LEFT CORNER OF RUNWAY AND THROUGH A SMALL WIRE STRUNG FENCE WITH PLASTIC POSTS. NOSE SWUNG RIGHT STOPPING 90 DEGREES TO RIGHT OF RUNWAY HEADING AND LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED JUST PRIOR TO END OF MOVEMENT. TURNED OFF ALL RADIOS, FUEL AND ELECTRICAL AND EXITED AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES TO PASSENGER OR PILOT. AFTER LOOKING AT RUNWAY ON FOOT, SAW THAT RUNWAY SLOPED DOWN-GRADE IN DIRECTION HE HAD LANDED. WIND TEE INDICATIONS HAD FAVORED LANDING TO THE SOUTH WHILE IN PATTERN.