# Accident 20170909017739A: Mooney M20J, Whitesburg, GA, September 9, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2017, 16:30 local time
- Place: Whitesburg, GA
- Airport: Lyons Landing
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5728° N, 84.9106° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5728&lon=-84.9106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1161Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1161Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,250 total, 450 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA535](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA535) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170909017739A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2017, AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 LOCAL TIME A PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND A MOONEY AIRCRAFT MODEL M20-J ON RUNWAY 27 AT LYONS LANDING PRIVATE AIRSTRIP LOCATED IN WHITESBURG, GEORGIA. THE PILOT STATED THAT HIS LANDING WAS SOLID THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TWICE EACH TIME LOSING BRAKING ACTION AND RUNWAY.  ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS SOLID ON THE GROUND THE AIRCRAFT WAS BELOW TAKE OFF SPEED, WITH TALL TREES AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY THE PILOT COULD NOT EXECUTE A GO AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED OFF RUNWAY 27, INTO THE WOODS CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

## 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 GAA17CA535](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA535), Sep 9, 2017: Mooney M20J (N1161Z), Whitesburg, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s unstabilized approach while landing with a tailwind and his subsequent failure to go around, which resulted in a hard 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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