- Date
- July 18, 1989, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marietta, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1379WMooney M20C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890718023819A
- Case key
- 7930
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to properly flare the airplane.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot allowed the airspeed to decay prior to touchdown, and the airplane stalled during the flare maneuver. The airplane impacted the ground in a nose low attitude, damaging the right wing and propeller tips. The pilot was able to recover from the impact and landed the airplane without further incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1379W
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2660
- Airframe hours
- 5,214
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wayne B. Crutchley
- Registered owner
- Wayne D Crutchley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 10, 1988 · 70 hours before
- Destination
- Kennesaw, GA
- Airport
- RYY · Mccallum Field, runway 9, 5,000 × 75 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
- 37
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,110 total · 920 in this make and model · 1,025 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Observed at
- FTY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.