# NTSB FTW85FPA03: Mooney M20, N872B, Fort Worth, TX, June 1, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: June 1, 1985, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Coordinates: 32.639106, -97.339195 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6391&lon=-97.3392&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21575
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW85FPA03
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21575/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85FPA03

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - building(nonresidential)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N872B-2013-06-27), registration cancelled 2013-06-27, S/N 1034, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20
- Registry model: [Mooney M20](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20) (registry code 5870202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1034
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850601022099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850601022099A), Jun 1, 1985: Mooney M20, Fort Worth, TX, Destroyed. On landing rollout, unable to stop left drift, tried go around. Hit a pole and a hangar.

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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