- Date
- February 13, 1989, 17:05 local (Feb 14, 1989, 00:05 UTC)
- Place
- San Martin, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5726MMooney M20J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890213001859A
- Case key
- 26337
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Probable cause
Failure of the student to follow instructions and inadequate supervision of the flight by the CFI which resulted in adequate airspeed not being maintained by the CFI. During an attempted go-around.
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.
Analysis
The instructor (CFI) rprtd the student made a normal apch & his landing was good, except the nose of the acft was a little high. He said he told the student 'to pull the throttle back' & that it was a good landing, but the student added power. The CFI told the student to throttle back 2 more times. Rprtdly, the student throttled back once, then elected to go around. The student said that drg the landing, the acft bounced twice before he told the CFI he was going to make a go-around. The CFI said that drg the go-around, the nose came up & the acft began a turn to the left due to the nose hi attitude & full power. The stall warning horn sounded & the CFI told the student to reduce drag by retracting the gear & flaps. Drg the occurrence, the CFI took control of the acft & tried to recover, but the acft mushed to the ground on the left side of the rwy with the gear retracted. There were no rprtd mechanical problems with the acft at the time of the acdnt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5726M
- Reported as
- Mooney M20J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 241418
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A3B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Flying Country Club
- Registered owner
- David Rodgin
- Departed
- Q99 · Hollister, CA
- Airport
- San Martin, runway 32, 3,100 × 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
- 52
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 8,022 total · 300 in this make and model · 8,071 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.