- Date
- September 1, 1984, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Key Largo, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1143ZMooney M20J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840901045179A
- Case key
- 31186
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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.
Overrun
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Wind information - misjudgedFactor
Wrong runway - selectedFactor
Go-around - not performedFactor
Proper touchdown point - exceededCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Ground loop/swerve - intentionalFactor
Analysis
Acft was landed downwind and touched down aprx half way down the rwy. The plt in an attempt to avoid an overrun intentionally ground looped the acft resulting in a left main gear collapse.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1143Z
- Reported as
- Mooney M20J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-1184
- Airframe hours
- 480
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A3B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Met-Chem Testing Laboratories
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1983
- Departed
- FLL · Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport
- X43 · Port Largo, runway 19, 2,300 × 25 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 785 total · 485 in this make and model · 595 as pilot in command · 67 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TMB, 38 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.