20200609010729I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20K · Honesdale, PA · June 9, 2020

Date
June 9, 2020 · 11:30 local
Place
Honesdale, PA
Airport
Cherry Ridge
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5773S
Reported as
Mooney M20K
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot departed martin state airport, baltimore , MD (mtw) with a stop in robbinsville, NJ (N87) and proceeded to Cherry Ridge Airport (N30).

Pilot was on an IFR flight plan weather was VFR.

On approach for landing at Cherry Ridge Airport the pilot was informed the winds were 240 degrees at 9 knots and a density altitude of 3700 feet.

Pilot entered a left down wind for runway 18 at the airport. Pilot stated his gear was down and had approach flaps slected and had slowed the aircraft down for landing. Pilot touched down before the wind sock and tried to slow the aircraft down but was running out of runway. Pilot was applying maximal braking but was unable to slow the aircraft and opted to turn the aircraft to the left leaving the runway and going down a small embankment.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DEPARTED MARTIN STATE AIRPORT, BALTIMORE , MD (MTW) WITH A STOP IN ROBBINSVILLE, NJ (N87) AND PROCEEDED TO CHERRY RIDGE AIRPORT (N30).

PILOT WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WEATHER WAS VFR.

ON APPROACH FOR LANDING AT CHERRY RIDGE AIRPORT THE PILOT WAS INFORMED THE WINDS WERE 240 DEGREES AT 9 KNOTS AND A DENSITY ALTITUDE OF 3700 FEET.

PILOT ENTERED A LEFT DOWN WIND FOR RUNWAY 18 AT THE AIRPORT. PILOT STATED HIS GEAR WAS DOWN AND HAD APPROACH FLAPS SLECTED AND HAD SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT DOWN FOR LANDING. PILOT TOUCHED DOWN BEFORE THE WIND SOCK AND TRIED TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT DOWN BUT WAS RUNNING OUT OF RUNWAY. PILOT WAS APPLYING MAXIMAL BRAKING BUT WAS UNABLE TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT AND OPTED TO TURN THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT LEAVING THE RUNWAY AND GOING DOWN A SMALL EMBANKMENT.