- Date
- May 11, 2000, 18:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Bryson City, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6998UMooney M20C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000511039489A
- Case key
- 49217
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control on landing rollout with a known quartering crosswind, resulting in an on-ground collision with a known fixed object (wooden pallet.)
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated he was landing rollout with a known quartering crosswind, the airplane drifted to the right on landing rollout and the right wing tip collided with a known on-ground fixed object ( wooden pallet.)
Factual narrative
On May 11, 2000, at about 1815 eastern daylight time, a Mooney M-20C, N6998U, registered to a private owner, operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, experienced an on-ground collision with a fixed object on landing rollout at Sossamon Field, Bryson City, North Carolina. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The private pilot reported no injuries. The flight originated from Beaufort, North Carolina, about 3 hours 15 minutes before the accident.
The pilot stated he entered left closed traffic for runway 27 and he experienced a quartering crosswind. The airplane drifted to the right on landing rollout , and the right wing tip collided with a wood pallet. The airplane pulled to the right, went across an apron, and collided with stored material, collapsing the nose gear. The pilot stated he was going to the airport to talk to the airport manager about debris being stored next to the runway, and he experienced no mechanical difficulties with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6998U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2719
- Airframe hours
- 2,580
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Carl S. Bivens
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 7, 2000 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- MRH · Beaufort, NC
- Destination
- GA9
- Airport
- GA9 · Sossamon, runway 27, 2,265 × 50 ft, concrete
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 665 total · 20 in this make and model · 650 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AUL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6998U · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.