# NTSB CHI07CA265: Mooney M20-C, N6837U, Hicksville, OH, August 12, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: August 12, 2007, 08:50 local (12:50 UTC)
- Place: Hicksville, OH
- Coordinates: 41.265277, -84.800003
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2653&lon=-84.8000&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 29, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 66588
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI07CA265
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66588/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA265

## Probable cause

The pilot failed to execute a go-around.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - aborted
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - ground

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6837U), registered now, S/N 2542, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Mooney M20-C
- 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: 2542
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20070812022649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070812022649A), Aug 12, 2007: Mooney M20C, Hicksville, OH, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft was landing on 2200' Private grass strip. The pilot stated he was too fast on approach and landed long. The pilot initiated a go-around, but was…

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.

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