# NTSB MIA84IA222: Mooney M20F, N3420N, Kissimmee, FL, August 7, 1984

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: August 7, 1984, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Kissimmee, FL
- Location: 28.2898° N, 81.4371° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KISSIMMEE GATEWAY (ISM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2898&lon=-81.4371&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31042
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84IA222
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31042/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84IA222

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - thunderstorm (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - exceeded, pilot in command
  - go-around - not possible, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND DURING THE LANDING ROLL & BECAME AIRBORNE, THEN TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT OVERRAN THE END OF THE RWY & WAS DAMAGED. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THERE WAS A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RWY WHICH PRECLUDED A SAFE GO-AROUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3420N](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3420N), registered now, S/N 680047, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Registry model: [Mooney M20F](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (registry code 5870214) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 68047
- Airframe hours: 1400
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Mary K. Bates
- Registered owner: Mooney Flying Club Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 1, 1983, 7 hours before
- Departed: FMY, FT.MYERS, VA
- Airport: ISM, Kissimmee, runway 24, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 248 total, 140 in this make and model, 121 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,100 ft unknown
- Temperature: 91 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MCO, 9 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 19840807040739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840807040739A), Aug 7, 1984: Mooney M20F, Kissimmee, FL, Minor damage. Pilot shortened approach due to thunderstorms moving in. Floated down runway, then rolled off hitting wire fence.

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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