- Date
- June 1, 1985, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N872BMooney M20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850601022099A
- Case key
- 21575
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft contacted an iron pole and a hangar following a loss of directional control during landing roll. The plt reported that after an aprx 300 ft ground roll, the acft veered left. The left wing contacted an iron pole which resulted in the acft rotating further to the left and contacting the hangar.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N872B
- Reported as
- Mooney M20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1034
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Harry L. Phillips
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 28, 1985 · 20 hours before
- Airport
- F71 · Luck Field, runway 16, 3,500 × 40 ft, asphalt
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 117 total · 19 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.