# NTSB ATL06CA098: Mooney M20M, N2168F, Burnsville, NC, June 30, 2006 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: June 30, 2006, 16:45 local (20:45 UTC) - Place: Burnsville, NC - Coordinates: 35.86861, -82.341667 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8686&lon=-82.3417&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 4 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 3, 2006 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Columbia FSDO-13 - NTSB case key (mKey): 64025 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL06CA098 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64025/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06CA098 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to achieve the proper touch down point on landing resulting in a runway over run and collision with an embankment. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Overrun, landing - roll - proper touchdown point - not obtained, pilot in command (cause) - weather condition - tailwind - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll - terrain condition - drop-off/descending embankment ## Analysis The pilot stated that he departed from Naples, Florida, with an en route stop in Alma, Georgia, for fuel. Upon arrival in the Burnsville area, the pilot obtained the Asheville, North Carolina, surface winds. The winds were being reported as 340 degrees at 6 knots. The pilot contacted personnel on the ground at Mountain Air Airport over the UNICOM radio frequency and followed another airplane that was in front of his for landing. The pilot made a low pass down the runway and surveyed the landing area even though he had landed at the airport before. Upon completion of the low pass the pilot remained in right closed traffic. The pilot stated that he completed the before landing checklist, lowered the landing gear, extended the flaps and activated the speed brakes. The pilot turned on final approach and extended the flaps to the full down position. When the airplane was over the landing threshold the pilot decreased the throttle. The airplane began to float, touched down on the runway, bounced and porpoised 3 times. The pilot stated that the airplane must have encountered a tailwind. Once the airplane was on the ground on the landing roll out he began applying brakes. The airplane was approaching the end of the runway and the pilot locked the brakes. The airplane began to skid, went off the end of the runway, through the runway overrun, and down an embankment before it came to a complete stop. The pilot and three passengers exited the airplane. The pilot stated he did not encounter any mechanical problems with the airplane before the accident. ## Factual narrative On June 30, 2006, at 1645 eastern daylight time, a Mooney M20M, N2168F registered to Buy Air LLC, operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, went off the end of the runway at Mountain Air Airport, Burnsville, North Carolina. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane received substantial damage. The private pilot and three passengers reported no injuries. The flight originated from Alma, Georgia, on June 30, 2006, at 1500. The pilot stated he departed from Naples, Florida, with an enroute stop in Alma, Georgia, for fuel. Upon arrival in the Burnsville area, the pilot obtained the Asheville, North Carolina, surface winds. The winds were being reported as 340-degrees at 6 knots. The pilot contacted personnel on the ground at Mountain Air Airport over the UNICOM radio frequency and followed another airplane that was in front of his for landing. The pilot made a low pass down the runway and surveyed the landing area even though he had landed at the airport before. Upon completion of the low pass the pilot remained in right closed traffic. The pilot stated he completed the before landing checklist, lowered the landing gear, extended the flaps and activated the speed brakes. The pilot turned on final approach and extended the flaps to the full down position. When the airplane was over the landing threshold the pilot decreased the throttle. The airplane began to float, touched down on the runway, bounced and porpoised 3 times. The pilot stated the airplane must have encountered a tailwind. Once the airplane was on the ground on the landing roll out he began applying brakes. The airplane was approaching the end of the runway and the pilot locked the brakes. The airplane began to skid, went off the end of the runway, through the runway overrun, and down an embankment before it came to a complete stop. The pilot and three passengers exited the airplane. The pilot stated he did not encounter any mechanical problems with the airplane before the accident. The nearest weather reporting facility to the accident is Asheville Regional Airport, Asheville, North Carolina, located 27 nautical miles south of Mountain Air Airport. The 1654 surface weather information revealed the winds were 320-degrees at 6 knots. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2168F](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2168F), registered now, S/N 27-0261, built 1999 (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: 27-0261 - Airframe hours: 390 - Engines: Lycoming TIO-540 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Buy Air LLC - Registered owner: Buy Air LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, October 1, 2005, 35 hours before - Departed: AMG, Alma, GA - Destination: 2NCO, Burnsville, NC ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 46; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review April 1, 2005; seat: left; flight hours: 550 total, 550 in this make and model, 1,050 as pilot in command, 24 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days, 6 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 320° at 6 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 52 °F - Altimeter: 30.18 inHg - Observed at: AVL, 27 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 20060630013369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060630013369A), Jun 30, 2006: Mooney M20M, Burnsville, NC, Substantial damage. (-23) On a teleconference call with [privacy data omitted] and the pilot [privacy data omitted] (PIC), the pilot [privacy data omitted] stated the surface… 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. --- 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.