20051225030199A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Mooney M20J · San Antonio, TX · December 25, 2005

Date
December 25, 2005 · 17:00 local
Place
San Antonio, TX
Airport
Bulverde Airpark Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N40FR
Reported as
Mooney M20J
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360LYC*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,520 total200 in this make and model20 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) Pilot departed Bulverde airpark at 1700 l with three passengers for an afternoon pleasure flight to view the local area. After takeoff at approximately 100 feet in the air, the aircraft stalled and dipped to the left with the left wing low. The pilot was able to level the wings with the use of the right rudder. He was unable to remain airborne and the aircraft impacted the ground parallel to the runway approximately 1000 feet from the departure end of rw 16. All four occupants of the aircraft evacuated successfully and sustained minor injuries with no broken bones and no hospitalization required. There was no fire.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED BULVERDE AIRPARK AT 1700 L WITH THREE PASSENGERS FOR AN AFTERNOON PLEASURE FLIGHT TO VIEW THE LOCAL AREA. AFTER TAKEOFF AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET IN THE AIR, THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND DIPPED TO THE LEFT WITH THE LEFT WING LOW. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO LEVEL THE WINGS WITH THE USE OF THE RIGHT RUDDER. HE WAS UNABLE TO REMAIN AIRBORNE AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF RW 16. ALL FOUR OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRCRAFT EVACUATED SUCCESSFULLY AND SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES WITH NO BROKEN BONES AND NO HOSPITALIZATION REQUIRED. THERE WAS NO FIRE.