# NTSB FTW83LA147: Mooney M20E, N9331M, La Grange, TX, March 11, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 10, 1983, 21:45 local (Mar 11, 1983, 03:45 UTC)
- Place: La Grange, TX
- Coordinates: 29.900941, -96.869781 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9009&lon=-96.8698&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 20830
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA147
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/20830/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA147

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTED THAT DURING THE APCH, THE ACFT WAS HIGH & HAD EXCESSIVE AIRSPEED, WHICH RESULTED IN A LONG LANDING. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, HE APPLIED FULL BRAKES, BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP ON THE REMAINING RWY. THE ACFT CONTINUED OFF THE END OF THE RWY, WENT DOWN AN INCLINE & WENT INTO A GROUP OF SMALL TREES, DAMAGING BOTH WINGS & THE PROPELLER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9331M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9331M-1994-08-02), registration cancelled 1994-08-02, S/N 1263 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Registry model: [Mooney M20E](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (registry code 5870212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1263
- Airframe hours: 50000
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360-A1A 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Earl P. Martin III
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 1, 1982, 10 hours before
- Departed: DWH, HOUSTON, TX
- Airport: 9R6, Guenther Municipal, runway 18, 3,200 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 358 total, 158 in this make and model, 295 as pilot in command, 94 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 50 °F

## 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 19830311007309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830311007309A), Mar 11, 1983: Mooney M20E, La Grange, TX, Substantial damage. Too high and fast on landing. Failed to go around or stop. Ran off end of runway down an incline into trees.

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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