# NTSB ERA24LA366: Mooney M20K, N1005U, Fairmont, WV, August 30, 2024 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: August 30, 2024, 15:16 local (19:16 UTC) - Place: Fairmont, WV - Coordinates: 39.451654, -80.164106 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4517&lon=-80.1641&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470) - Highest injury: Serious injuries - Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor - 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 - NTSB case key (mKey): 195058 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA24LA366 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/195058/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195058 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA366 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to attain the proper touchdown point, and his delay in aborting the landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Mooney M20K, 15 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=5870220), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [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 M20K, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md?model=5870220), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md) - [Info processing/decision: identification/recognition](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Mooney M20K, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510/cases.md?model=5870220), [All aircraft, 559 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470) (defining event); cases with it: [Mooney M20K, 28 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=5870220), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot stated that while en route to his destination he diverted to an alternate airport due to low cloud cover. After reviewing the runway length at the diversion airport, he overflew it then entered the airport traffic pattern for landing. He turned onto the base and final legs of the airport traffic pattern, and while on final approach, he recognized the airplane was fast but continued the approach. He reported that the airplane touched down too far down the runway, with a witness indicating that the airplane touched down past the last crossing taxiway, which resulted in about 836 ft of runway remaining. After touchdown the pilot stated that he applied the airplane’s brakes momentarily, but in that instant, he knew he was fast and added power to abort the landing. The engine responded and he fully retracted the flaps. During the subsequent climb out, the airplane impacted trees and then the ground. The airplane’s fuselage and left wing were substantially damaged. The pilot stated that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N1005U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1005U), registered now, S/N 25-1210, built 1989 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K (NO SERIES EXISTS) - Registry model: [Mooney M20K](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (registry code 5870220) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (registry code 17019, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 25-1210 - Year built: 1989 - Airframe hours: 2879 - Engines: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360-MB 225 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, June 27, 2024, 16 hours before - Departed: GWB, Auburn, IN - Destination: RMN, Stafford, VA - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: 4G7, Fairmont Muni-Frankman Fld, runway 5, 2,965 × 75 ft, asphalt - Equipment: ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 64; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review May 16, 2023; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 1,497 total, 454 in this make and model, 1,430 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: variable at 3 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 95 °F, dew point 55 °F - Altimeter: 30.12 inHg - Observed at: KCKB, 9 nm away - METAR: METAR KCKB 301853Z VRB03KT 10SM CLR 35/13 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP180 T03500133= ## 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 20240830012229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240830012229A), Aug 30, 2024: Mooney M20K, Fairmont, WV, Substantial damage. Approch to 4G7 runway 5, with gear down the acft came in too fast and was not going to be able to stop so the pilot coducted a "go-around". The acft did not… ## Docket (8 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 21, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195058. 24.3 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 4.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17812046&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_1_Form_Recd%2010%2022%202024_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Memorandum for record - pilot initial statement (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 99 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17818488&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Memo%20For%20Record%20-%20Pilot%20Initital%20Statement_Redacted-Rel.pdf - NTSB memorandum for record - witness account, witness and touch down locations (item 3, PDF, 3 pages, 2 photos, 3.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17811477&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=FINAL%20Witness%20Bennett%20Observations%20and%20Location%20v02_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Record of NTSB conversation (item 4, PDF, 4 pages, 169 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17808268&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=FINAL%20Record%20of%20Convo%20w%20Michael%20L%20Hapka%2010%2016%202024%20v03_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Weather reports and records (item 5, PDF, 2 pages, 37 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17807896&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Weather%20Reports%20and%20Records-Rel.pdf - Federal aviation administration (FAA) automatic dependent surveillance a�� broadcast (ADS-B) tabular data (item 6, XLSX, 14.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17817247&FileExtension=xlsx&FileName=20240830_A007CE_563539484_ADSB-Rel.xlsx - Investigative photographs (item 7, PDF, 5 pages, 4 photos, 1.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17817542&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigative%20Photographs%20v01-Rel.pdf - Release of aircraft wreckage, NTSB form 6120.15 (item 8, PDF, 1 page, 531 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17810961&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Fully%20Exctd%20Wreckage%20Release%20Form_Redacted-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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