- Date
- July 20, 1985, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Compton, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8141EMooney M20A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850720035159A
- Case key
- 24785
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt had a total of 36 flight hrs which included 9.4 hrs in the monney acft. He had been authorized by his CFI, who flew with him the preceding day, to practice landing. On the student's first attempted ldg, he touched down hard & began porpoising. Control was lost, & the acft veered off the rwy & collided with a taxiway sign.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8141E
- Reported as
- Mooney M20A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1412
- Airframe hours
- 2,078
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Olie Hunt & Daniel Russell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 11, 1984 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- CPM · Compton, CA
- Destination
- CPM · Compton, CA
- Airport
- CPM · Compton, runway 25, 3,670 × 60 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 36 total · 9 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.