- Date
- January 10, 1990, 19:30 local (Jan 11, 1990, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mineola, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5792MMooney M20K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900110000529A
- Case key
- 23092
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgement of the proper touchdown point on the runway surface. Related factors were: darkness and partial failure of the lighting system.
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.
Analysis
Before landing at night, the pilot made several passes over the unfamiliar airport noting that one side of the runway edge lighting was inoperative. He landed the aircraft and it touched down on the last 1/3 of the runway. He then veered the aircraft off the runway surface to avoid hitting a barrier that extended across the departure end. The pilot was not able to stop the aircraft before it collided with a fence and a dirt bank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5792M
- Reported as
- Mooney M20K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-0856
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Elkin Aviation, Inc.
- Departed
- E11 · Andrews, TX
- Airport
- 3F9 · Mineola Wisener, runway 17, 3,197 × 40 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 444 total · 64 in this make and model · 252 as pilot in command · 93 in the last 90 days · 65 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- 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.