- Date
- May 31, 1985, 11:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Rialto, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3721HMooney M20J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850531021919A
- Case key
- 24733
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
At the conclusion of a nearly 5 hours long non stop flight from NM to CA, the pilot attempted to land at an uncontroll-ed airport. The pilot acknowledged that the aircraft's finalapproach speed was excessive, and after the aircraft toucheddown it bounced off its nose wheel and stalled. The second bounce was described by the pilot as being very hard and the nose gear collapsed. The aircraft skidded to a stop about 249 feet beyond the point where the nose gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3721H
- Reported as
- Mooney M20J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-1040
- Airframe hours
- 900
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A3B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Martin Aviation, Inc
- Registered owner
- Jane K. Kenyon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 26, 1984 · 85 hours before
- Departed
- SAF · Santa Fe, NM
- Destination
- L67 · Rialto, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- L67 · Rialto Municipal, runway 24, 3,600 × 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 524 total · 70 in this make and model · 404 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 72 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.