- Date
- July 1, 1989, 12:06 local (16:06 UTC)
- Place
- Mchenry, MD
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7784MMooney M-20F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 11513
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Probable cause
The pilot landed hard and collapsed the landing gear when he failed to arrest his descent rate during landing. Afterwardas he tried to make a go-around the pilot did not obtain adequate flying speed, the aircraft stalled and collided with the ground.
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 plt made the lndg apch with full flaps at an airspeed of aprx 90 KTS. According to the plt, he encountered wind shear at the rwy threshold, landed hard, and bounced several times. The landing gear collapsed. The plt tried to make a go-around but was unable to climb out of ground effect or gain flying speed. The acft stalled and collided with the ground left of the rwy. Rwy 26 was used. The local winds were reported at 260 degs at 5 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7784M
- Reported as
- Mooney M-20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-0032
- Airframe hours
- 2,760
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert L Mckeever
- Registered owner
- Robert L. Mckeever
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 26, 1989 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- GAI · Gaithersburg, MD
- Airport
- 2G4 · Garrett County, runway 26, 2,495 × 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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 167 total · 55 in this make and model · 140 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg