- Date
- June 27, 2015, 17:21 local (21:21 UTC)
- Place
- West Mifflin, PA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N93TKMooney M20R
- Defining event
- Landing: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 2015
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20150627010489A
- Case key
- 91465
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain pitch control during landing, which resulted in a bounce and loss of control during landing, followed by a runway excursion, and collision with terrain during an attempt to abort the landing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that during the initial touch down the airplane bounced, the pilot elected to abort the landing, and the airplane drifted to the left of the runway when power was applied. The pilot stated that the airplane did not have sufficient airspeed when she retracted the first notch of flaps, the airplane descended and the right wing impacted the ground, resulting in substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot reported there were no pre-impact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that during the initial touch down the airplane bounced, the pilot elected to abort the landing, and the airplane drifted to the left of the runway when power was applied. The pilot stated that the airplane did not have sufficient airspeed when she retracted the first notch of flaps, the airplane descended and the right wing impacted the ground, resulting in substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot reported there were no pre-impact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93TK
- Reported as
- Mooney M20R (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 29-0360
- Built
- 2005
- Airframe hours
- 1,491.8
- Engine
- Cont Motor IO-550G(6)B, 280 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Elizabeth C Tyler-Kabara
- Registered owner
- Panther Wings LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 21, 2015
- Departed
- MQI · Manteo, NC
- Destination
- AGC · West Mifflin, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- AGC · Allegheny County, runway 28, 6,501 × 150 ft, concrete
- Equipment
- Onboard weather, Stall warning system, Auto-pilot, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 10, 2013
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 599 total · 498 in this make and model · 386 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot-rated passenger
- Age
- 49
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 23, 2014
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 1,744 total · 1,235 in this make and model · 1,567 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,100 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.64 inHg
- Observed at
- KAGC
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 29, 2015, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.2 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.