- Date
- April 4, 2022, 12:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Manville, NJ · Crashed in yard at 900 Main Street
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N41XLMooney M20M
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR go-around: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- 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
- FAA report
- 20220404004949A
- Case key
- 104893
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Probable cause
The pilot’s delayed go-around decision following an encounter with a tailwind during landing, which resulted in an inability to climb and subsequent impact with trees.
Findings · 5
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, prior to landing, he obtained weather information as specified on the instrument approach procedure chart, which was from an airport about 18 nm from the landing airport. The wind was reported as being from 350° at 7 knots, which favored runway 07. During landing, the airplane floated longer than anticipated and bounced upon touchdown. The pilot added power and elected to do a go-around maneuver; however, the airplane was unable to attain a sufficient rate of climb and impacted trees at the departure end of the runway, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage and right wing. A witness stated that the weather obtained from the airport specified on the instrument approach plate did not match the conditions at the airport at the time of the accident, which included a 10-kt tailwind on runway 07. The nearest airport's weather observation system, about 7 miles from the accident airport, included wind at 310° at 11 kts gusting to 17 kts. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41XL
- Reported as
- Mooney M20M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-0355
- Built
- 2006
- Airframe hours
- 1,586.8
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-AF1B, 270 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Guthrie Group Inc
- Registered owner
- Guthrie Group Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 2, 2021 · 202.2 hours before
- Departed
- GSO · Greensboro, NC
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 47N · Central Jersey Regional Airport, runway 7, 3,507 × 50 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Onboard weather, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Stall warning system
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
- 53
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 8, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 566 total · 462 in this make and model · 525 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 32 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 11 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Turbulence
- Unknown
- Observed at
- SMQ, 7 nm away
- METAR
- KSMQ 041653Z AUTO 31011G17KT 10SM FEW049 11/M02 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP159 T01111017
Docket · 5
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 2, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 8.0 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.