- Date
- April 2, 1985, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Austin, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8121EMooney M20A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850402011019A
- Case key
- 21714
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Overrun
Go-around - not performedCause
Overconfidence in aircraft's abilityFactor
Lack of total experienceFactor
Terrain condition - rough/uneven
Analysis
The 86 hr private plt landed at a ranch and ran off the end of the rwy into rough terrain. A go around was not attempted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8121E
- Reported as
- Mooney M20A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1392
- Airframe hours
- 3,000
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Texas Commercial Ins.Agency
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- T39 · Huntsville, TX
- Airport
- 5R3 · Lago Vista, runway 15, 3,800 × ft, asphalt
N8121ERegistration cancelled May 13, 2013 · Mooney M20AAirframe modelMooney M20AEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 86 total · 14 in this make and model · 48 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.