- Date
- August 26, 1983, 10:27 local (17:27 UTC)
- Place
- Gila Bend, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6020XMooney M20A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830826044479A
- Case key
- 23835
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft overran the rwy and collided with ditch during landing. The plt reported that the acft floated after the flare for landing and even though heavy braking was used after landing the acft did not stop on the rwy. The wind was calm but the plt said he had not observed the windsock prior to landing. The rwy used is 3800 ft long with a 200 ft overrun. The ditch is 100 beyond the overrun. The plt stated in his written report that he should have made a go-around when the knew he could not make the landing approach.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6020X
- Reported as
- Mooney M20A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1608
- Airframe hours
- 2,920
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Douglas S. Godbey
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 13, 1983 · 51 hours before
- Departed
- ELP · El Paso, TX
- Destination
- Los Angeles, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- E63 · Gila Bend, runway 22, 3,800 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 121 total · 57 in this make and model · 77 as pilot in command · 64 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GBN, 3 nm away
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 N6020X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.