# Accident 20000829041479A: Mooney M20F, Ono, PA, August 29, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2000, 15:54 local time
- Place: Ono, PA
- Airport: Dee Jay Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4036° N, 76.2250° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4036&lon=-76.2250&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9436V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9436V-2001-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,410 total, 2,000 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD00FA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00FA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000829041479A

## Narrative

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

(.19) SEE .19 FOR COMPLETE NARRATIVE. (.4) THE PILOT ABORTED A LANDING ON A PRIVATE SOD STRIP 1,800 FEET IN LENGTH. THE RUNWAY WAS ORIENTED APPROXIMATELY 090 AND 270 DEGREES MAGNETIC, WITH TREES AT THE EAST END, AND TREES, HOUSES, AND POWER LINES AT THE WEST END. THE PILOT LANDED TO THE WEST WITH A 14-KNOT TAILWIND. DURING THE ABORTED LANDING, THE AIRPLANE STRUCK WIRES, STALLED, ROLLED INVERTED, AND CRASHED BEYOND THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED NO PRE-IMPACT ANOMALIES. INTERPOLATION OF PERFORMANCE CHARTS REVEALED THAT THE AIRPLANE REQUIRED 1,754 FEET OF RUNWAY TO LAND OVER A 50-FOOT OBSTACLE WITH A 14-KNOT TAILWIND. A REVIEW OF PHARMACY RECORDS AND TOXICOLOGICAL TESTING REVEALED THE PILOT HAD INGESTED AN UNAPPROVED PAIN MEDICATION PRIOR TO FLIGHT.                                                                   (-23) WITNESSES STATED AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TO LAND THREE QUARTERS THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY, DOWNWIND AND TRIED TO TAKE BACK OFF AND STRUCK ELECTRIC WIRES AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND STALLED NOSE DOWN INTO A FIELD. THE PILOT ROBERT HASKELL SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.

## 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 IAD00FA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00FA079), Aug 29, 2000: Mooney M20F (N9436V), Jonestown, PA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's delay in aborting the landing, which resulted in a collision with transmission wires. Factors in the accident were the pilot's improper inflight decision to attempt a landing with a…

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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