# NTSB CHI84FA239: Mooney M20C, N6262U, Middlefield, OH, June 16, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: June 16, 1984, 16:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place: Middlefield, OH
- Coordinates: 41.450855, -81.070556 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4509&lon=-81.0706&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12403
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84FA239
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12403/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84FA239

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - propeller system/accessories,blade - distorted (contributing factor)
  - wheels up landing - attempted, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - airspeed - inattentive, pilot in command (cause)
  - anxiety/apprehension, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - altitude - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT PROPS TOUCHED THE RWY DURING A WHEELS-UP APPROACH AND THE PLT INITIATED A GO-AROUND WITH BENT PROPS. THE ACFT CLIMBED TO ABOUT 100 FT AGL WITH LESS THAN FULL POWER. THE WINGS BEGAN TO ROCK,THE LEFT WING DROPPED AND THE ACFT FELL STRAIGHT DOWN TO THE GROUND. TWELVE PROP STRIKES WERE FOUND HALF WAY DOWN THE RWY. THE FIRST 8 INCHES OF EACH PROP TIP WERE CURVED 90 DEGS TO THE REAR AND EXHIBITED HEAVY CHORDWISE SCRATHES AND GOUGES. A WITNESS IN AN ACFT WAITING TO TAKEOFF HAD BROADCAST 'DO NOT LAND, YOUR GEAR IS UP,' AS THE ACCIDENT ACFT PASSED ABEAM THEIR POSITION ON THE TAXIWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6262U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6262U-2013-08-19), registration cancelled 2013-08-19, S/N 2101, built 1962 (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: 2101
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A1D 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Robert H. Mccall
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: CGF, CLEVELAND, OH
- Destination: 7G8, MIDDLEFIELD, OH
- Airport: 7G8, Geauga County, runway 28, 3,509 × 65 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 158 total, 50 in this make and model, 63 as pilot in command, 18 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CLE, 71 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840616024429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840616024429A), Jun 16, 1984: Mooney M20C, Middlefield, OH, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Pilot forgot to lower gear for landing, on attempted goaround aircraft stalled and crashed. Prop struck runway.

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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