# Incident 20000701020819I: Mooney M20J, Ellijay, GA, July 1, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2000, 09:00 local time
- Place: Ellijay, GA
- Airport: Gilmer County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6282° N, 84.5266° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILMER COUNTY (49A), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6282&lon=-84.5266&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1156U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1156U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000701020819I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT WAS ALLOWING HIS COUSIN, WHO HAD JUST SOLOED, TO FLY THE PATTERN AT THE GILMER COUNTY AIRPORT (49A). ON FINAL, ABOUT 1/3 THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY, THE STUDENT PILOT WAS TOLD TO GO AROUND.  THE STUDENT PILOT APPLIED POWER TOO SLOWLY AND WAS ADVISED TO "GO FULL POWER".  AS HE DID, HE PULLED RAPIDLY BACK ON THE CONTROL YOKE AT WHICH TIME THE PILOT IN COMMAND TOOK THE CONTROLS.  THE LEFT WING DROPPED SHARPLY AND THE PIC APPLIES FULL RIGHT RUDDER AND AILERON.  ALTITUDE WAS LOST IN AN ATTEMPT TO REGAIN AIRSPEED, AND FLAPS RAISED TP 60 DEGREES, GEAR NOT RETRACTED.  THE PIC FLEW ABOUT 3000' BEFORE ELECTING TO LAND IN FIELD, HE DID NOT THINK HE COULD CLEAR THE TREES AHEAD.  THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO A FIELD, 45 DEGREES FROM RUNWAY HEADING, THRU 2 FENCES, AND STOPPED ABOUT 2000' NORTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT STAYED UPRIGHT.  DAMAGE TO: LEFT MAIN GEAR DOOR, LEFT WING LEADING EDGE, LEFT FLAP, RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE, RIGHT WING ROOT LEADING EDGE, NOSE COWLING, AND BOTTOM OF FUSELAGE.  PILOT ALLOWED STUDENT TO PUT HIM IN A POSITION WHERE HE COULD NOT RECOVER SAFELY.

## Other reports on N1156U (2)

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

- [Accident 20100915048329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100915048329A), Sep 15, 2010: Mooney M20J (N1156U), Hazard, KY, Substantial damage. While taxiing to parking, aircraft collided with fuel farm. Aircraft substantially damaged. No post event fire.
- [Accident 19820826050049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820826050049A), Aug 26, 1982: Mooney M20J (N1156U), Matawan, NJ, Substantial damage. Collided with shrubbery and trees at the end of the runway during a go around after landing long.

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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