# Accident 20140511024269A: Mooney M20F, Dowling, MI, May 11, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 2014, 16:00 local time
- Place: Dowling, MI
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4731° N, 85.2325° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4731&lon=-85.2325&mi=10
- Aircraft: N343ED, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N343ED) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,533 total, 3,420 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14CA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA237) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140511024269A

## Narrative

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

05/11/2014 @ 1600 LOCAL,  THE PIC, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^,STATED THAT HE WAS FLYING HIS MOONEY M20F, N343ED ON A FLIGHT HOME TO HIS PRIVATE GRASS STRIP IN DOWLING, MI. HE STATED HE HAD CHECKED WX AT BTL AND IT WAS CALLING FOR WINDS FROM 230/10. HIS GRASS STRIP IS AN EAST/WEST RUNWAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HIS APPROACH WAS NORMAL UNTIL HE BEGAN TO FLARE. AT THIS POINT HE FELT HE ENTERED "SOME KIND OF SHEAR" WHICH FORCED A HARDER LANDING AND FORCED HIM OFF THE RUNWAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. HE FELT IT WOULD BE "A COMPLETE WRITE OFF". PROVIDED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WITH PHONE CONTACTS TO BTL, THE REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER AND NTSB TO REPORT THE ACCIDENT. HE STATED THAT HIM AND HIS SON HAD MOVED THE AIRCRAFT TO HIS HANGAR. ADVISED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF HIS ACCIDENT REPORTING RESPONSIBILITIES AND INSTRUCTIONS PERTAINING TO MOVING AN ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT FROM THE SCENE.

## 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 CEN14CA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA237), May 11, 2014: Mooney M20F (N343ED), Dowling, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control during landing.

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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