# NTSB LAX87LA060: Mooney M20C, N5808Q, Michigan Bar, CA, December 9, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 8, 1986, 17:30 local (Dec 9, 1986, 01:30 UTC)
- Place: Michigan Bar, CA
- Coordinates: 38.50938, -121.119232 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5094&lon=-121.1192&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25486
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX87LA060
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25486/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA060

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - light condition - dusk (contributing factor)
  - object - animal(s) (cause)

## Analysis

DURING THE FLARE, JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, A DEER RAN ACROSS THE RUNWAY FROM THE RIGHT AND SUBSEQUENTLY COLLIDED WITH THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT REPORTED THERE WAS NO TIME TO AVOID AN IMPACT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5808Q](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5808Q), registered now, S/N 3113, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Registry model: [Mooney M20C](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (registry code 5870208) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3113
- Airframe hours: 1425
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A1A 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Jackson S. Wallace
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 21, 1986, 60 hours before
- Departed: Q05, DAVIS, CA
- Destination: RIU
- Airport: RIU, Rancho Murieta, runway 22, 3,800 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,985 total, 1,150 in this make and model, 1,930 as pilot in command, 175 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MHR, 5 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19861208068009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861208068009A), Dec 8, 1986: Mooney M20C, Michigan Bar, CA, Substantial damage. The aircraft struck a deer running across the runway during the landing roll.

## Other investigations on N5808Q (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DIA69F0061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA69F0061), Sep 2, 1968: Mooney M20C (N5808Q), Mitchellville, MD, destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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