- Date
- May 1, 2016, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Plano, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3386XMooney M20
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 2016
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20160501005099A
- Case key
- 93121
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the aborted landing in gusty wind conditions, which resulted in a collision with a fence.
Findings · 3
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 when he aborted the landing due to gusty wind conditions, the airplane drifted to the left of the runway and impacted a fence. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings. According to the pilot there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that when he aborted the landing due to gusty wind conditions, the airplane drifted to the left of the runway and impacted a fence. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings. According to the pilot there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3386X
- Reported as
- Mooney M20 (F)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 670030
- Built
- 1966
- Airframe hours
- 2,827.5
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James M. McCrum
- Registered owner
- James M. McCrum
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 16, 2016
- Departed
- F82 · Lubbock, TX
- Destination
- F69 · Plano, TX
- Airport
- F69 · Air Park-Dallas, runway 34, 3,080 × 30 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Satellite tracking device, Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Onboard weather
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
- 68
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 19, 2015
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 1,610 total · 1,160 in this make and model · 1,610 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 13 knots, gusting 19
- Visibility
- 27 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Observed at
- KADS, 3 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 10, 2016, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.3 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.
Other investigations on N3386X · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.