# NTSB ATL06CA089: Mooney M20M, N1046P, Banner Elk, NC, June 6, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: June 6, 2006, 13:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place: Banner Elk, NC
- Coordinates: 36.156112, -81.891387
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1561&lon=-81.8914&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report October 31, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Charlotte FSDO-33
- NTSB case key (mKey): 63843
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL06CA089
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63843/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06CA089

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point during landing.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ravine

## Analysis

The pilot stated that when he had the airport insight he canceled his IFR flight plan, and entered the left downwind for runway 12. He made an unusually steep and fast final approach. The pilot stated that midway down the runway he realized that he was too fast, and was afraid to attempt a go-around. The pilot stated that he forced the airplane onto the runway, and overran the end of the runway into a ravine. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical or flight control problems with the airplane prior to the accident.

## Factual narrative

On June 6, 2006, at 1345 eastern daylight time, a Mooney M20M, N1046P, registered to and operated by a private owner as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, ran off the end of runway 12 during landing roll at Elk River Airport, Banner Elk, North Carolina. The airplane received substantial damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and an instrument flight plan was filed. The private pilot reported minor injuries. The flight departed Montgomery County Airpark, Gaithersburg, Maryland on June 6, 2006 at 1130.

The pilot stated when he had the airport insight he canceled his IFR flight plan, and entered the left downwind for runway 12. He made an unusually steep and fast final approach. The pilot stated that when he was midway down the runway he realized that he was to fast, and was afraid to attempt a go-around. The pilot that he forced the airplane onto the runway, and overran the end of the runway into a ravine. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical or flight control problems with the airplane prior to the accident.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1046P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1046P-2008-06-06), registration cancelled 2008-06-06, S/N 27-0331, built 2004 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Mooney M20M
- Registry model: [Mooney M20M](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20m) (registry code 5870222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 27-0331
- Airframe hours: 120.8
- Engines: Lycoming TIO-540-AF1B 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: N. Richard Kimmel
- Registered owner: Norton R. Kimmel
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, March 1, 2006, 40 hours before
- Departed: GAI, GAITHERSBURG, MD
- Destination: NC06, Banner Elk, NC
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: NC06, Elk River Airport, runway 12, 4,600 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 76; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review February 1, 2005; seat: left; flight hours: 2,430 total, 116 in this make and model, 2,430 as pilot in command, 22 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 10° at 11 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 5,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 30.04 inHg
- Observed at: KTNB, 12 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20060606010769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060606010769A), Jun 6, 2006: Mooney M20M, Julian, NC, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot stated he made a late decision to go around but decided to stop anyway. Aircraft hit the runway approx. 500 ft from the end of runway 12 (4,600 ft…

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.

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