- Date
- November 20, 1992, 17:20 local (Nov 21, 1992, 01:20 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Ana, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4766HMooney M20J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921120047579A
- Case key
- 27871
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper landing flare, his improper bounced landing recovery technique, and his inadvertent entry into a stall mush condition.
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 pilot said the aircraft bounced twice on landing while doing touch and go pattern practice operations. The pilot reported that he 'added power, pushed the yoke and the right rudder.' The aircraft pitched up and to the left, then the left wing hit the ground followed by the right wing. The landing gear collapsed and the aircraft slid to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4766H
- Reported as
- Mooney M20J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 240843
- Airframe hours
- 1,356
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A3B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- The Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Daniel Sheppard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 30, 1992 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- SNA
- Destination
- SNA
- Airport
- SNA · John Wayne Orange Co, runway 19, 5,700 × 150 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 550 total · 30 in this make and model · 420 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SNA, 1 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.