# Accident 20070309002939A: Mooney M20R, Marshfield, MA, March 9, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2007, 10:00 local time
- Place: Marshfield, MA
- Airport: Marshfield Municipal - George Harlo
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0981° N, 70.6722° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0981&lon=-70.6722&mi=10
- Aircraft: N323RW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N323RW-2007-06-21) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO550*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 980 total, 500 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07CA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070309002939A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER LANDING RWY 24 AT GHG PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DUE TO AIRCRAFT UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CENTERLINE ALIGNMENT. PILOT INITIATED A GO AROUND AND LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT CAREENING OFF THE RUNWAY OPPOSITE TAXIWAY B CONTINUING ON AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED THROUGH 23 FEET OF CYCLONE FENCE INTO A GRASS FIELD WHERE THE AIRCRAFT HIT BOULDERS SHEARING THE LEFT WING OFF AND COMING TO A FIREY STOP APPROX 100 YRDS FROM WHERE IT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED AND SURROUNDING AREA WAS FIRE BURNED. THE PILOT WALKED AWAY WITH NO INJURIES OTHER THAN HIS HAIR WAS SINGED BY THE FIRE.

## 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 NYC07CA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA074), Mar 9, 2007: Mooney M20R (N323RW), Marshfield, MA, destroyed. Probable cause: A loss of directional control for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N323RW (1)

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

- [Incident 20050311003569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050311003569I), Mar 11, 2005: Mooney M20R (N323RW), Marshfield, MA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated he departed nashua, NH at approximately 6:30 pm for a VFR flight to Marshfield, MA. After landing Marshfield he noticed the propeller tips…

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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