# NTSB ATL06CA128: Mooney M-20J, N201SJ, Blue Ridge, GA, September 20, 2006 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: September 20, 2006, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC) - Place: Blue Ridge, GA - Coordinates: 34.863056, -84.393608 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8631&lon=-84.3936&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 28, 2006 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: College Park FSDO-11 - NTSB case key (mKey): 64563 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL06CA128 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64563/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06CA128 ## 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 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) - weather condition - tailwind - On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll - object - tree(s) ## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N201SJ), registered now, S/N 24-0069 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Mooney M-20J - Registry model: [Mooney M20J](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (registry code 5870219) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 24-0069 - Airframe hours: 2137 - Engines: 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 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 35; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20060920020979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060920020979A), Sep 20, 2006: Mooney M20J, Blue Ridge, GA, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] accompanied by his father, on approach to private airport (57GA), landed aircraft N210SJ down wind and long down runway… ## Other investigations on N201SJ (1) 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. - [NTSB CHI79DEP08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEP08), Nov 19, 1978: Mooney M20J (N201SJ), Dodgeville, WI, substantial damage 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. 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