# Accident 20190914023079A: Mooney M20M, Chandler, AZ, September 14, 2019 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: September 14, 2019, 07:03 local time - Place: Chandler, AZ - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 33.2697° N, 111.8142° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2697&lon=-111.8142&mi=10 - Aircraft: N1085W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1085W) (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: 1,042 total, 47 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA546](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA546) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190914023079A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 8:05 AM AT CHANDLER AIRPORT (CHD) IN CHANDLER, AZ THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS RECEIVING INSTRUCTION FROM^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CFI AFTER PURCHASING AIRCRAFT N1085W, A 1990 MOONEY TLS/BRAVO CONVERSION. THEY DEPARTED (CHD) SHORTLY AFTER 6 AM AND FLEW TO STANDFIELD VOR TO PRACTICE APPROACHES. THEY ALSO FLEW 2 ILS APPROACHES AND A VOR INTO CASA GRANDE AIRPORT (CGZ). ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD BEEN WORKING WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO REGAIN MY INSTRUMENT PROFICIENCY SIGNOFF AND COMPLETE A BFR WITH THIS AIRPLANE AT THE SAME TIME. HIS BFR WAS DONE IN A PIPER ARCHER IN JANUARY 2019 AND HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE IT WITH THE MOONEY BRAVO. ON FINAL APPROACH INTO (CHD) THAT MORNING ON THE GPS 4R APPROACH THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. ANOTHER TAKEOFF WAS ALSO SUCCESSFUL AFTER TAXI BACK ON 4L. MR. FARR REMAINED IN THE PATTERN AND DID A SHORT FIELD LANDING, STOPPED AND TAXIED BACK. THE FINAL TAKEOFF WAS TO BE A SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF WHICH HE HAD NEVER DONE IN THIS AIRCRAFT BEFORE BUT HAD DONE IN OTHER AIRCRAFT, THEN REMAIN IN THE PATTERN AND LAND COMING TO A FULL STOP. HE WAS CLEARED ON RUNWAY 4L FOR TAKEOFF WITH NO DELAY BY THE TOWER CONTROLLER. AFTER TAXIING ONTO THE RUNWAY AND CENTERING THE PLANE QUICKLY, HE APPLIED POWER AND PULLED BACK ON THE YOKE TO RAISE THE FRONT TIRE GENTLY FROM THE SURFACE. HE STATED THAT BACKPRESSURE ON THE YOKE WAS IN RETROSPECT TO ABRUPT FOR THE POWER THAT THIS AIRPLANE HAD. HE STATED WASN?T BUT 2 SECONDS LATER THAT THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO FLY IN GROUND EFFECT. THE AIRSPEED WAS ABOUT 10 KTS SLOWER THAN NORMAL ROTATION SPEED. THERE WAS ABOUT A 9 TO 10 KT CROSSWIND AT THE 60 DEGREE ANGLE. HE STATED HE THEN TRIED TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT IN GROUND EFFECT. HE WAS UNABLE TO KEEP THE PLANE EFFECTIVELY FLYING IN GROUND EFFECT AND WAS STRUGGLING TO KEEP RUNWAY HEADING. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED THE RUNWAY ABRUPTLY SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO ACHIEVE FLIGHT. HE THEN TRIED TO KEEP THE AIRPLANE FROM PROPOSING. HE STATED THE AIRPLANE WAS ALSO DRIFTING TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY BY THE CROSS WIND AND HE KNEW IF THE TIRE HIT THE MEDIAN IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL. HE THEN TRIED ESTABLISHED A SMALL RATE OF CLIMB BUT WAS JUST ABOVE STALL SPEED. HE THEN RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR HOPING HE COULD INCREASE THE RATE OF CLIMB AND CORRECT THE AIRPLANE HEADING. HE STATED ULTIMATELY HE WAS TOO AGGRESSIVE TRYING TO GET AIRCRAFT FLYING AND CAUSED A STALL. HE STATED LEFT WING HIT THE TAXIWAY AT THE EDGE OF THE MEDIAN AND THE AIRPLANE SLID ON THE BELLY TO JUST IN FRONT OF THE A FUEL STORAGE AREA. THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WERE UNHURT AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT NORMALLY. ## 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 GAA19CA546](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA546), Sep 14, 2019: Mooney M20M (N1085W), Chandler, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper pitch control during takeoff and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the flight… ## Other reports on N1085W (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 19960710016489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960710016489A), Jul 10, 1996: Mooney M20M (N1085W), Hartford, CT, Substantial damage. Too high and fast landing. Overran runway. Struck a fence. Mooney will float with too much speed. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.