# Incident 20200609010729I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Honesdale, PA, June 9, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2020, 11:30 local time
- Place: Honesdale, PA
- Airport: Cherry Ridge
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5156° N, 75.2516° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHERRY RIDGE (N30), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5156&lon=-75.2516&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5773S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5773S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY AIRCRAFT CORP. M20K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200609010729I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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