- Date
- September 20, 2006, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Blue Ridge, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N201SJMooney M-20J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- College Park FSDO-11
- FAA report
- 20060920020979A
- Case key
- 64563
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to achieve the proper touchdown point on landing resulting in an overrun, and on ground collision with trees.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated he touched down long, fast, and with a tailwind. The airplane continued off the runway through the overrun and collided with trees. The pilot stated that the airplane did not have a mechanical malfunction or failure, and that he failed to touchdown at the proper touchdown point on landing.
Factual narrative
On September 20, 2006, at 1100 eastern daylight time, a Mooney M-20J, N201SJ, registered to United States Aviation Consultant, operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, collided with trees on landing roll out at Sugar Creek Airpark, Blue Ridge, Georgia. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane received substantial damage. The flight originated from Baldwin County Airport, Milledgeville, Georgia, on September 20, 2006, at 1030.
The pilot stated he arrived in the vicinity of Sugar Creek Airpark about 5 minutes before the accident. Upon arrival he made a low pass down runway 36 and runway 18. The windsock indicated a crosswind condition and he felt more comfortable landing on runway 18. The pilot stated he remained in the traffic pattern for runway 18, touched down long, fast, and with a tailwind. The airplane continued off the runway through the overrun and collided with trees. The pilot stated the airplane did not have a mechanical malfunction or failure and that he failed to touch down at the proper touchdown point on landing.
Examination of the airplane revealed the leading edge of both wings were damaged and the right wing spar was punctured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N201SJ
- Reported as
- Mooney M-20J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-0069
- Airframe hours
- 2,137
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Juan R. Serrano
- Registered owner
- United States Aviation Consultant
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 2005 · 107 hours before
- Departed
- KMLJ · Milledgeville, GA
- Destination
- 57GA · Blue Ridge, GA
- Airport
- 57GA · Sugar Creek Airpark, runway 18, 2,400 × 30 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 1, 2005
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,200 total · 100 in this make and model · 47 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 12 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.04 inHg
- Observed at
- KDNN, 24 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.
Other investigations on N201SJ · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.