- Date
- November 19, 1984, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tulelake, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5689KMooney M20J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841119063369A
- Case key
- 24595
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
Judgment - poor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Clearance - not maintainedCause
Analysis
The plt stated that he was conducting touch and go landings on a road when the left wing struck a 4X4 in wooden speed limit sign post.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5689K
- Reported as
- Mooney M20J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 241405
- Airframe hours
- 60
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-AB36D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Capitol Sky Park
- Registered owner
- Performance Aircraft
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SAC · Sacramento, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 84 total · 4 in this make and model · 64 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.