# Accident 20020702019749A: Mooney M20R, Mt Pleasant, SC, July 2, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2002, 02:15 local time
- Place: Mt Pleasant, SC
- Airport: East Cooper Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8978° N, 79.7828° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8978&lon=-79.7828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2043N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2043N-2009-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20R (registry code 5870225, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20R
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA02LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA125) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020702019749A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED DURING LANDING. HE ATTEMPTED TO GO-AROUND, LOST CONTROL, AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. (.19) ON JULY 2, 2002, ABOUT 1430, EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A MOONEY M20R, N2043N, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, AS A TITLE CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, CRASHED WHILE THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING A GO-AROUND AT EAST COOPER AIRPORT, NEAR MT. PLEASANT, SOUTH CAROLINA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE INCURRED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PRIVATE-RATED PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM MCCOLLUM FIELD, MARIETTA, GEORGIA, THE SAME DAY, ABOUT 1300. ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE APPROACHED FOR A LANDING, AND IT STRUCK THE RUNWAY IN A "NOSE WHEEL-FIRST ATTITUDE", AND SUBSEQUENTLY PORPOISED THREE OR FOUR TIMES. THE WITNESS STATED THAT AFTER THE LAST BOUNCE, IT APPEARED THAT THE PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER, WHILE HE MAINTAINED A NOSE-HIGH ATTITUDE, ABOUT 50 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY. HE SAID THE AIRPLANE THEN BANKED 90 DEGREES TO THE LEFT, DESCENDED, AND IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A NOSE-LOW ATTITUDE, WITH E                 ITHER ITS PROPELLER OR LEFT WING BEFORE "CART WHEELING" AND COMING TO REST IN A FIELD TO THE LEFT OF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE INCURRED DAMAGE TO ITS WINGS, FUSELAGE, PROPELLER, AND LANDING 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 MIA02LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA125), Jul 2, 2002: Mooney M20R (N2043N), Mt. Pleasant, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed resulting in a stall, an uncontrolled descent, and an impact with the ground during the attempted go-around.

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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