- Date
- October 1, 2002, 10:40 local (15:40 UTC)
- Place
- Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N22RJMooney M20J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA- DuPage FSDO
- FAA report
- 20021001028849A
- Case key
- 55830
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind, and his failure to maintain directional control.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane collided with the terrain following a loss of control while landing. The pilot reported they approached the airport from the north for a landing on runway 18. He stated the winds were fine until they were approximately one mile out from the airport at which time they became gusty. The pilot reported he flew the approach with flaps down and at an airspeed of 80 knots. He reported that on touchdown, the airplane bounced and veered to the left. He applied power to go-around; however, the airplane continued to veer left. The left wing contacted the ground, and the airplane spun around coming to rest on a northerly heading. An airport weather observation taken 10 minutes prior to the accident reported the wind condition as 240 degrees at 10 knots.
Factual narrative
On October 1, 2002, at 1040 central daylight time, a Mooney M20J, N22RJ, collided with the terrain following a loss of control while landing on runway 18 (3,899 feet by 150 feet, asphalt) at the Merrill C. Meigs Airport (CGX), Chicago, Illinois. The private pilot and his pilot rated passenger were not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions. The flight originated from Madison, Wisconsin, at 1000.
The pilot reported they approached the airport from the north over Navy Pier. He stated the winds were fine until they were approximately one mile out from the airport at which time they became gusty. The pilot reported he flew the approach with flaps down and at an airspeed of 80 knots. He reported that on touchdown, the airplane bounced and veered to the left. He applied power to go-around; however, the airplane continued to veer left. The left wing contacted the ground, and the airplane spun around coming to rest on a northerly heading.
A weather observation taken at CGX, 10 minutes prior to the accident, reported the wind condition as 240 degrees at 10 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22RJ
- Reported as
- Mooney M20J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-3207
- Airframe hours
- 42
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stanley L. Reed
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 4, 2002 · 42 hours before
- Departed
- MSN · Madison, WI
- Destination
- CGX · Chicago, IL
- Airport
- CGX · Merrill C. Meigs Airport, runway 18, 3,899 × 150 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- May 17, 2001
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 215 total · 60 in this make and model · 75 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Other flight crew
- Age
- 34
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- March 10, 2002
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,697 total · 38 in this make and model · 1,479 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.96 inHg
- Observed at
- CGX
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.