20041008026029A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Mooney M20E · Denver, CO · October 8, 2004

Date
October 8, 2004 · 11:30 local
Place
Denver, CO
Airport
Jeffco Airport
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N14DV
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN05CA007
Reported as
Mooney M20E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
404 total21 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot, Mr. Theodore anderson stated he departed runway 29R at the Jeffco Airport (bjc) about 11:10 MDT for a local flight. His intention was to remain the traffic pattern for touch and go landings. He made his first touch and go on runway 29L. The wind was 250 degrees at 6 KTS. He was on final for his second touch and go at 80 mph. He crossed the threshold a little fast and flared. He thought the aircraft would hit so he added power and flared again. The aircraft hit hard bounced and drifted severely left. He added full throttle. The aircraft began to skip across the grass two or three times then went over a steep embankment and crashed. Inspection on scene indicates no skid marks or scuff marks until the aircraft impacted the ground at the bottom of the 30 foot embankment. The aircraft sustained substantial damage. The pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft was uninjured.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT, MR. THEODORE ANDERSON STATED HE DEPARTED RUNWAY 29R AT THE JEFFCO AIRPORT (BJC) ABOUT 11:10 MDT FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT. HIS INTENTION WAS TO REMAIN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. HE MADE HIS FIRST TOUCH AND GO ON RUNWAY 29L. THE WIND WAS 250 DEGREES AT 6 KTS. HE WAS ON FINAL FOR HIS SECOND TOUCH AND GO AT 80 MPH. HE CROSSED THE THRESHOLD A LITTLE FAST AND FLARED. HE THOUGHT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD HIT SO HE ADDED POWER AND FLARED AGAIN. THE AIRCRAFT HIT HARD BOUNCED AND DRIFTED SEVERELY LEFT. HE ADDED FULL THROTTLE. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SKIP ACROSS THE GRASS TWO OR THREE TIMES THEN WENT OVER A STEEP EMBANKMENT AND CRASHED. INSPECTION ON SCENE INDICATES NO SKID MARKS OR SCUFF MARKS UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE 30 FOOT EMBANKMENT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNINJURED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.