- Date
- October 28, 1989, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ravenna, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7117UMooney M20E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891028043629A
- Case key
- 14587
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control and airspeed which resulted in a stall. Factors related to the accident include the pilot overshooting the approach & landing due to misjudging his airspeed & distance, and a delayed go-around.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
A ground witness who had observed the aircraft during its approach to the runway stated that the aircraft was 'moving at an extremely excessive speed,' and that 'only the nose gear touched down at a point slightly more than three quarters of the way down the runway.' The pilot aborted the landing and added power for climb out. The aircraft was observed to 'assume a very steep nose up attitude, at which point it stalled...'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7117U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 359
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rosemond, Manning W.
- Registered owner
- Rosemond, M.W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BKL · Cleveland, OH
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
- 71
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 350 total · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAK, 19 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.