- Date
- September 25, 1992, 20:30 local (Sep 26, 1992, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Stow, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1338WMooney M20E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920925044259A
- Case key
- 11855
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to attain proper runway alignment during landing. Factors related to the accident were darkness, a lack of runway lighting on the left side of the runway, and the pilot's lack of visual ques.
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 was practicing landings at night for currency. He stated that he elected to land with the landing light off, and the airplane touched down left of the runway centerline. The left landing gear was off the runway, causing the airplane to veer left. The left wing hit bush(es) and directional control was lost. The airplane continued onto rough terrain and came to rest with substantial damaged. The pilot reported there was a lack of runway lighting on the left side of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1338W
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 226
- Airframe hours
- 3,490
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Paul M. Kinzelman
- Registered owner
- Paul M. Kinzelman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 7, 1992 · 8 hours before
- Airport
- 6B6 · Minuteman, runway 3, 2,800 × 50 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
- 40
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,140 total · 700 in this make and model · 2,060 as pilot in command · 46 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BED, 10 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.