# Accident 20100626037159A: Mooney M20F, Lubbock, TX, June 26, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2010, 15:20 local time
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4853° N, 101.8078° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4853&lon=-101.8078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3495X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3495X-2014-10-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 99 total, 86 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA347](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA347) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100626037159A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 26, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 15:20 CST, N3495X A MOONEY M-20 WAS PREPARING TO LAND AT TOWN AND COUNTY AIRPORT (F82), LOCATED IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS.  PILOT VERIFIED THE WIND DIRECTION OF 140 DEGREES REPORTED BY LUBBOCK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ATIS AND PROCEEDED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 17.  THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN FLOATING AND THEN  BOUNCED ON THE LANDING GEAR (LG). THE PILOT TRIED TO PERFORM A GO AROUND WHEN RIGHT WING LIFTED. THE WIND DIRECTION RECORDED BY TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY MESONET STATION WAS 145 DEGREES, WIND SPEED OF 12 MPH, GUSTING TO 20 MPH. THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET FROM THE NUMBERS, IMPACTING TWO TREES, SHEERING ONE THIRD OF THE RIGHT WING OUTBOARD SECTION AND RIGHT AILERON.  THE RIGHT MAIN LG WAS PUSHED UPWARD INTO THE WING SURFACE.  THE NOSE WHEEL TIRE ASSEMBLY AND STRUT DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT ON INITIAL IMPACT WITH THE TREE.  RIGHT SIDE OF THE ENGINE, FIREWALL AND ENGINE MOUNT AND WAS DAMAGED DURING THIS IMPACT.

## 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 CEN10CA347](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA347), Jun 26, 2010: Mooney M20F (N3495X), Lubbock, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain control during a 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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