- Date
- April 27, 1983, 15:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Daytona Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9450VMooney M20E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830427016279A
- Case key
- 30881
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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 plt stated that during touch down the acft bounced & he lost control. He elected to go around to try to regain control of the acft. During the go-around the acft veered right & collided with a palm tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9450V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 700033
- Airframe hours
- 1,553
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Louis A. Cazella III
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 27, 1983 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- FLL · Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Destination
- 44J · Daytona, FL
- Airport
- 44J · Spruce Creek, runway 23, 4,000 × 50 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 251 total · 155 in this make and model · 190 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F
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 N9450V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.