- Date
- August 12, 2007, 08:50 local (12:50 UTC)
- Place
- Hicksville, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6837UMooney M20-C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20070812022649A
- Case key
- 66588
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to execute a go-around.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane overran the runway (2,300 feet grass) and traveled 150 feet into a cornfield during an aborted landing. The pilot reported that he "landed long" while landing on a 2,300-foot long, grass runway. He reported that he attempted to execute a go-around while on the runway, but he "ran out of runway."
Factual narrative
The airplane sustained substantial damage when it overran the runway and traveled 150 feet into a cornfield during an aborted landing. The pilot reported that he "landed long" while landing on a 2,300-foot long, grass runway. He reported that he attempted to execute a go-around while on the runway, but he "ran out of runway."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6837U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2542
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A-1-D, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ray L. Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MZZ · Marion, IN
- Destination
- Hicksville, OH
- Airport
- runway 35, 2,300 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 1,887 total · 333 in this make and model · 26 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.