- Date
- December 30, 2020, 17:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Holly Ridge, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N728VMMooney International M20TN
- Defining event
- Landing: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/ FSDO
- FAA report
- 20201230017529A
- Case key
- 102495
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to perform a go-around during an unstable approach to land which resulted in a landing area overshoot and a subsequent runway excursion.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that during the first landing attempt at the destination airport the airplane was too fast, so he performed a go-around. During his second attempt, he descended and touched down on the runway, however, he overshot his intended landing spot. He added that he did not believe a safe go-around could be performed after the touchdown, so he decided to continue the landing roll and applied max braking, however, the airplane overran the end of the runway and struck mower equipment located to the right of the runway. The left wing sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N728VM
- Reported as
- Mooney International M20TN (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31-0136
- Built
- 2015
- Airframe hours
- 269
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-550-G, 280 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- MBS Aviation
- Registered owner
- MBS Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 4, 2020
- Departed
- ILM · Wilmington, NC
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- N21 · Holly Ridge/Topsail Island Airport, runway 32, 3,591 × 88 ft, grass/turf
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
- 61
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- December 2, 2020
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 1,857 total · 32 in this make and model · 1,750 as pilot in command · 5,055 in the last 90 days · 42 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.29 inHg
- Observed at
- NCA, 14 nm away
- METAR
- KNCA 302256Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM BKN080 14/10 A3029 RMK AO2 SLP259 T01390100
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 13, 2021, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 8.4 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.