# Accident 20150919020059A: Mooney M20M, Hillsborough, NJ, September 19, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2015, 02:20 local time
- Place: Hillsborough, NJ
- Airport: Central Jersey Regional Airpor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5244° N, 74.5983° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5244&lon=-74.5983&mi=10
- Aircraft: N763RC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N763RC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20M (registry code 5870222, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 215 total, 93 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA277](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA277) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150919020059A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PREPARING TO DEPART RUNWAY 25 AT (47N) CENTRAL JERSEY REGIONAL AIRPORT HILLSBOROUGH TWP. NEW JERSEY. THE PILOT ADDED POWER FOR A NORMAL TAKEOFF, ALL AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS INDICATED NORMAL AND THE PILOT STARTED HIS TAKEOFF ROLL.

AT THE TIME OF ROTATION 80 KNOTS THE PILOT APPLIED BACK PRESSURE FOR ROTATION AND THE AIRCRAFT PULLED TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER AND TURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT AND STATED IT APPEARED TO HAVE NO EFFECT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO PULL TO THE LEFT REMAINING IN GROUND EFFECT. THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GAINING ALTITUDE OR ADDITIONAL SPEED.

THE PILOT PULLED THE POWER BACK AND APPLIED THE BRAKES AS HEAVILY AS POSSIBLE TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A FIELD LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 GAA15CA277](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA277), Sep 19, 2015: Mooney M20M (N763RC), Manville, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with a fence.

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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