# NTSB ERA14CA025: Mooney M20TN, N812PT, Tylertown, MS, October 26, 2013

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: October 26, 2013, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Tylertown, MS
- Coordinates: 31.145833, -90.168052 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1458&lon=-90.1681&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing area undershoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 19, 2013
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- NTSB case key (mKey): 88324
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA14CA025
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88324/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88324
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA025

## Probable cause

The pilot's misjudgment of speed and distance on final approach resulting in touchdown prior to the runway, a runway excursion down the right side of the runway, and a collision with an embankment.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Mooney M20TN, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md?model=5870227), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Mooney M20TN, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md?model=5870227), [All aircraft, 1,681 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md)
- [Action: lack of action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Mooney M20TN, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030/cases.md?model=5870227), [All aircraft, 792 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Approach: Altitude deviation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/282); cases with it: [Mooney M20TN, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/282/sequence.md?model=5870227), [All aircraft, 104 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/282/sequence.md)
- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing area undershoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370) (defining event); cases with it: [Mooney M20TN, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370/sequence.md?model=5870227), [All aircraft, 201 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Mooney M20TN, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=5870227), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Mooney M20TN, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=5870227), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Analysis

According to the pilot, while on short final the airplane was "lower and slower" than anticipated. The pilot added engine power; however, the stall horn sounded and the airplane impacted the ground prior to the paved portion of the runway. The airplane bounced, traveled down the right side of the runway, collided with an embankment, and came to rest upright. Examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed that the empennage of the airplane sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Factual narrative

According to the pilot, while on short final the airplane was "lower and slower" than anticipated. The pilot added engine power; however, the stall horn sounded and the airplane impacted the ground prior to the paved portion of the runway. The airplane bounced, traveled down the right side of the runway, collided with an embankment, and came to rest upright. Examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed that the empennage of the airplane sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N812PT](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N812PT), registered now, S/N 31-0061, built 2007 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY AIRPLANE CO INC M20TN (NO SERIES)
- Registry model: [Mooney M20TN](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20tn) (registry code 5870227) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-550-G](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-g) (registry code 17401, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 31-0061
- Year built: 2007
- Airframe hours: 877
- Engines: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-G 280 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 1, 2012, 219 hours before
- Departed: HEZ, NATCHEZ, MS
- Destination: T36, Tylertown, MS
- Airport: T36, Paul Pittman Memorial Airport, runway 18, 3,000 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 1,663 total, 712 in this make and model, 1,607 as pilot in command, 60 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 30.26 inHg
- Observed at: KMCB, 16 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 20131026022329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131026022329A), Oct 26, 2013: Mooney Airplane Co Inc M20TN, Tylertown, MS, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed hard 15 feet short of runway damaging nose landing gear allowing propeller to strike the ground. Aircraft veered off runway damaging the…

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 3, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88324. 5.9 MB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 2.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40403467&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF
- McComb Weather (item 2, .PDF, 114 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40403235&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=McComb%20Weather-Master.PDF
- Photo 1: Damage to Empennage (Courtesy of the FAA) (item 3, .PDF, 3.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40403237&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201%3A%20Damage%20to%20Empennage%20(Courtesy%20of%20the%20FAA)-Master.PDF

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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