- Date
- August 29, 1984, 18:30 local (Aug 30, 1984, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- San Jose, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3645NMooney M-20G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840829044519A
- Case key
- 24390
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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.
Analysis
The rwy was closed during working hours due to a construction company working in the area. When the construction effort ended the rwy was opened for use. After tower clearance was issued the acft landed and contacted a barricade with the left wing. The pilot reported discovering 3 barricades about 6 inches from the edge of the rwy after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3645N
- Reported as
- Mooney M-20G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 680024
- Airframe hours
- 3,911
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Skyview Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 28, 1984 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- SJC
- Airport
- SJC · San Jose Muni, runway 29, 3,000 × 40 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
- 45
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,138 total · 495 in this make and model · 1,956 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SJC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.