# NTSB CHI04CA154: Mooney M20C, N3911N, Golden, MO, June 10, 2004 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: June 10, 2004, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC) - Place: Golden, MO - Coordinates: 36.520782, -93.650161 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5208&lon=-93.6502&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Serious injuries - Injuries: 1 serious - Status: Completed, report September 1, 2004 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Kansas City, Missouri - NTSB case key (mKey): 59578 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI04CA154 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/59578/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA154 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain directional control and his failure to maintain clearance from the trees. The trees were a contributing factor. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - in flight, landing - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor) - In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr) - go-around - attempted, pilot in command - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - object - tree(s) (contributing factor) ## Analysis The airplane impacted trees and terrain during an attempted go-around. The pilot stated that during the landing the airplane began to drift to the left and he attempted to correct and ultimately initiated a go-around. The airplane subsequently impacted trees approximately 70 feet left of the runway. There were no mechanical defects found and none were reported by the pilot. ## Factual narrative On June 10, 2004, about 1800 central daylight time, a Mooney M20C, N3911N, piloted by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage during landing on runway 9 (2,325 feet by 100 feet, concrete), at the Table Rock Airport (MO32), Golden, Missouri. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The pilot was seriously injured. The flight originated from the M Graham Clark Airport, Point Lookout, Missouri, about 10 minutes prior to the accident. MO32 was the intended destination. In a written report, the pilot stated that as he crossed the runway end about 20 to 30 feet above ground level, the airplane began to drift sharply to the left. The pilot stated, "I dipped my right wing, applied full right rudder and I applied full power intending to go around. About the time I started to climb out my left wing and then the prop hit the branches of a couple of trees approximately 70 [feet] left of the runway. I remember seeing the prop bending just before the plane nose dived to the ground and settled right side up facing the opposite direction of my intended landing..." The pilot listed no mechanical difficulties with regard to the airplane or it's systems, and none were found during the postaccident examination by Federal Aviation Administration representatives. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N3911N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3911N-2006-10-12), registration cancelled 2006-10-12, S/N 680004, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Mooney M20C - Registry model: [Mooney M20C](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (registry code 5870208) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 68004 - Engines: Lycoming O-360-A1D 180 hp reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Gregg M. Bettis - Registered owner: Kids Across America Kamps - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: PLK, POINT LOOKOUT, MO - Destination: MO32, Golden, MO ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 52; injuries: serious; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review January 31, 2004; flight hours: 652 total, 420 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 180° at 9 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 70 °F - Altimeter: 29.88 inHg - Observed at: KHRO ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20040610015589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040610015589A), Jun 10, 2004: Mooney M20C, Princeton, MO, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft departed m graham clark airport (plk), for a 10 minute local flight to table rock airport (MO32). The pilot stated that as he crossed the runway… ## Other investigations on N3911N (2) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB MKC75AK018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75AK018), Aug 6, 1974: Mooney M20C (N3911N), Stewartville, MN, substantial damage - [NTSB MKC69D0279](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC69D0279), Nov 9, 1968: Mooney M20C (N3911N), Westside, IA, substantial damage From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.