# Accident 19990131000949A: Mooney M20E, Albuquerque, NM, January 31, 1999 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: January 31, 1999, 11:30 local time - Place: Albuquerque, NM - Airport: Coronado Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 35.1109° N, 106.6192° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1109&lon=-106.6192&mi=10 - Aircraft: N5658Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5658Q-2001-08-21) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E - Reported engine: LYC IO360A1A - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 417 total, 160 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN99LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA035) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990131000949A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (TTY)ACFT OVER ROTATED ON TAKE-OFF, THE RIGHT WING DIPPED, AND THE ACFT CRASHED. OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (.19) ON JANUARY 31, 1999, APPROXIMATELY 1130 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A MOONEY M20E, N5658Q, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN DURING TAKEOFF FROM CORONADO AIRPORT NEAR ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. THE INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE, WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED BY THE PILOT/OWNER UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE LOCAL FLIGHT WHICH WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE LANDED AT THE AIRPORT, ON RUNWAY 35, APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT TO DROP OFF A PASSENGER. HE SAID THAT THE WIND SOCK INDICATED THAT THE WIND WAS WEST-NORTHWEST, AT 3 TO 6 KNOTS. ACCORDING TO THE FAA INSPECTOR WHO INTERVIEWED THE PILOT, THE FLIGHT WAS DEPARTING ON RUNWAY 35 (4010 FT. X 60 FT., ELEVATION 5280 FEET) WHEN THE PILOT OPERATED FLIGHT CONTROLS BECAME "MUSHY" AND THE AIRPLANE DRIFTED TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY CENTERLINE. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS PERFORMING A SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF WHEN, AT 20 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL), THE AIRPLANE WENT INTO AN UNCOMMANDED ROLL TO THE LEFT. HE SAID THAT THE LEFT WING HIT THE GROUND AND THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST BESIDE THE RUNWAY. THE INSPECTOR LOCATED THE AIRPLANE APPROXIMATELY 1/3 OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY AND APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET LEFT OF THE RUNWAY EDGE. THE LEFT WING WAS BENT UPWARDS APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES AT THE MID SPAN OF THE LEFT WING. THE FAA INSPECTOR REPORTED THAT HE EXAMINED ALL FLIGHT CONTROLS AND FOUND THEM TO HAVE CONTINUITY WITH THE AIRPLANE'S CONTROLS. THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER HE GOT OUT OF THE AIRPLANE, HE NOTED THAT THERE WAS A GULLY WHICH WAS PERPENDICULAR TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AT THE LOCATION WHERE HE LOST CONTROL. HE ALSO NOTED THAT THE WIND HAD SHIFTED TO 200 TO 220 DEGREES, AT 8 TO 12 KNOTS (SEE ATTACHED DIAGRAM). (.4) THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 35, AND THE WIND WAS WEST-NORTHWEST, 3 TO 5 KNOTS. HE DEPARTED ON THE SAME RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES LATER. AT APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET AGL, THE FLIGHT CONTROLS BECAME MUSHY, AND THE AIRPLANE WENT INTO AN UNCOMMANDED ROLL TO THE LEFT. AFTER THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRPLANE, HE NOTED THAT THERE WAS A GULLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUNWAY'S LEFT SIDE RIGHT AT T HE LOCATION WHERE HE LOST CONTROL. HE FURTHER NOTED THAT THE WIND WAS NOW 200 TO 220 DEGREES, 8 TO 12 KNOTS. (-23)ON JANUARY 31, 1999, AT APPROXIMATELY 1130 MST, A MOONEY M20E, N5658Q, RECEIVED SUBSTANTALLY DAMAGE FOLLOWING LOSS OF CONTROL SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF AT ALBUQUERQUE, NM. ## 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 DEN99LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA035), Jan 31, 1999: Mooney M20E (N5658Q), Albuquerque, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during takeoff. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.