- Date
- October 16, 1993, 11:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- Maryville, TN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6823VMooney M20E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19931016039519A
- Case key
- 3318
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed control, which resulted in a low altitude stall.
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
During roundout for landing, the pilot realized that the gear was not extended and pitched up in an attempt to go around. The pilot reported that he then noticed indications of a stall and applied full power, but was unable to stop his descent. The airplane collided with terrain approximately 1/4 mile beyond the runway in a right bank, nose-low attitude.
Factual narrative
On October 16, 1993, at 1140 central daylight time, a Mooney M20E, N6823V, was substantially damaged following a collision with terrain during a go-around attempt at Montvale Airpark in Maryville, Tennessee. The commercial pilot received minor injuries in the accident. The aircraft was being operated under 14 CFR Part 91 by the pilot. Visual meteorological conditions existed at the time, and no flight plan had been filed for the personal flight. The flight departed Kingston, Tennessee, about 1127, and was destined for Maryville, Tennessee.
The pilot stated that he was on short final for the runway, and realized that the landing gear had not been extended. He then attempted a go-around. Witnesses stated that they observed the aircraft on short final for the runway, and the landing gear was not extended. The witnesses stated that the aircraft engine accelerated and the aircraft nose came up. The witnesses stated that it appeared the aircraft then stalled and crashed into the terrain on the airport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6823V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21-0007
- Airframe hours
- 2,420
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Huber, Richard A.
- Registered owner
- 6823v Incorporated
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 12, 1973 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- 30A · Kingston, TN
- Airport
- TN87 · Montvale Airpark, runway 23, 2,700 × 27 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
- 65
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,743 total · 750 in this make and model · 1,613 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 13,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TYS, 6 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.