- Date
- June 22, 1990, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kelleys Island, OH
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1172GMooney M20J/201
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900622021859A
- Case key
- 14696
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from objects during a go-around. Factor was unfavorable wind conditions.
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
The accident airplane collided with trees and terrain while attempting a go-around. According to the pilot, he was experiencing wind gusts on final approach. Just as the airplane was about to touch down he said the airplane was lifted back into the air. He initiated a go-around and the left wing struck a tree and the airplane crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1172G
- Reported as
- Mooney M20J/201
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-1332
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A3B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dayton Pilots Club
- Departed
- MGY · Dayton, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 89D · Kelley'S Island, runway 18, 2,270 × 35 ft, asphalt
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,800 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.