- Date
- May 22, 1986, 15:35 local (19:35 UTC)
- Place
- Peachtree City, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N98544Mooney M20K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860522019639A
- Case key
- 7107
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that the acft began to 'wheelbarrow' on the nose gear during the ldg roll. The acft veered off the rwy into a ditch. The plt said that he might not have had the pitch trim set correctly at touchdown. The acft flt manual before landing checklist contains the following caution: 'from a flaps retracted trimmed condition, the required nose up pitch control force will rapidly increase when power is reduced to idle and the flaps fully extended. Timely trimming action should be accomplished to minimize forces.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98544
- Reported as
- Mooney M20K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-0535
- Airframe hours
- 906
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-GB3, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Craig P. Mc Ewan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 24, 1985 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- HSV · Huntsville, AL
- Destination
- 2A9 · Peachtree City, GA
- Airport
- 2A9 · Falcon Field, runway 31, 4,600 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 363 total · 5 in this make and model · 287 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ATL, 17 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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