# Accident 20000511039489A: Mooney M20C, Bryson City, NC, May 11, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 2000, 18:15 local time
- Place: Bryson City, NC
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4208° N, 83.4392° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4208&lon=-83.4392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6998U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6998U-2003-07-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000511039489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT/OWNER WAS OPERATING AS A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT FROM MICHAEL J. SMITH (MRH) BEAUFORT, NC., TO SOSSAMON FIELD (6A9) BRYSON CITY,NC. ON LANDING ROLLOUT ENCOUNTERED UNEXPECTED GUST OF CROSSWIND AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. THE A/C COLLIDED WITH FIXED OBJECTS BESIDE THE RUNWAY. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED; PILOT DID NOT FILE A FLIGHT PLAN. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. PILOT (SOLE OCCUPANT) REPORTED NO INJURIES. THEY DEPARTED MRH AT APPROX. 1505 EDT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ENTEREDLEFT CLOSED TRAFFIC FOR RUNWAY 27, AND HE EXPERIENCED A QUARTERING CROSSWIND. AFTER LANDING THE AIRPLANE DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT; AND PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT AND THE DRIFT, AND THE FIHT WINGTIP COLLIDED WITH A WOODEN PALLET BESIDE THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE PULLED FURTHER TO THE RIGHT, WENT ACROSS AN APRON, AND COLLIDED WITH STORED MATERIAL, COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR.

## 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 MIA00LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA151), May 11, 2000: Mooney M20C (N6998U), Bryson City, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control on landing rollout with a known quartering crosswind, resulting in an on-ground collision with a known fixed object (wooden pallet.)

## Other reports on N6998U (2)

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

- [Accident 19750716038629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750716038629A), Jul 16, 1975: Mooney M20C (N6998U), Holbrook, AZ, Substantial damage. Acft dmgd taxying on hwy aftr precautionary ldg due tstm activity. Hit bridge.
- [Accident 19730131001969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730131001969A), Jan 31, 1973: Mooney M20C (N6998U), Buena Park, CA, Substantial damage. Blood alcohol level 0.17PC.

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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