- Date
- September 29, 1985, 17:50 local (Sep 30, 1985, 00:50 UTC)
- Place
- Huntington Bch, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N231GWMooney M20K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850929048389A
- Case key
- 24846
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt acknowledged that on short final approach to the 2330 ft-long rwy, the acft's speed was 'a little hot', & during ldg flare the acft 'floated in ground effect'. After the acft bounced 3 times the plt decided to go around & he applied full pwr. The plt forgot to raise the flaps from their fully extended position. The acft overran the runway's end colliding with a rwy light, 2 parked acft & a truck, & it came to rest upon impacting a commercial bldg. Which housed a FBO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N231GW
- Reported as
- Mooney M20K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 250250
- Engine
- Continental TS10-360 SER, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James F. Blakely
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · February 12, 1985
- Departed
- FUL · Fullerton, CA
- Airport
- L16 · Meadowlark, runway 19, 2,330 × 36 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 390 total · 12 in this make and model · 276 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 73 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.