- Date
- October 18, 1990, 21:45 local (Oct 19, 1990, 02:45 UTC)
- Place
- Stockton, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1002XMooney M20/231
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901018051229A
- Case key
- 14944
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain vso (minimum controllable airspeed) in a landing configuration. An associated factor is the pilot's inadequate remedial action.
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 pilot reported he saw trees about 20 feet below the airplane while on a night landing approach. He said that he pitched the airplane's nose up to increase the clearance from the trees and immediately heard the stall warning horn. He added power, and then 'cut power' as he reached the runway. The airplane continued its rapid rate of descent and landed hard. The pilot said that the accident could have been avoided if he had elected to do a go-around, or if he had not pitched the nose of the airplane upwards.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1002X
- Reported as
- Mooney M20/231
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-0556
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-LB1, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Edwards Flying Svc
- Departed
- IOW · Iowa City, IA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- M043 · Stockton Muni, runway 19, 3,060 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 878 total · 834 in this make and model · 779 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) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 230° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °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.