- Date
- March 10, 1986, 15:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Longmont, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3280FMooney M20F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860310007889A
- Case key
- 16936
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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
According to the plt, during the flare to touchdown, the acft stalled and the left wing contacted the ground along with four runway lights. The plt said the accident could have been prevented by maintaining a higher airspeed on apch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3280F
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 670373
- Airframe hours
- 1,752
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Orville G. Anderson, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 12, 1985 · 72 hours before
- Departed
- BJC · Broomfield, CO
- Airport
- 2V2 · Longmont Municipal, runway 29, 4,200 × 60 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 908 total · 531 in this make and model · 800 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3280F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.