- Date
- June 20, 2002, 16:25 local (20:25 UTC)
- Place
- Hagerstown, MD
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3282FMooney M20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 2002
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20020620016469A
- Case key
- 55013
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to perform a go-around and obtain the proper touchdown point, which resulted in an overrun. A factor in the accident was the crosswind 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 was performing his second approach to runway 27, a 5,460-foot long, 150-foot wide, dry, asphalt runway. During the first approach, the airplane came in high and the pilot elected to perform a go-around. On the second approach, the pilot said he encountered a gust of wind, and landed with about 1,500 feet of runway remaining. The pilot added that when he initially applied the brakes, they responded to gentle pressure; however, "faded quickly." The airplane departed the end of the runway, struck an airport boundary fence and came to rest about 800 feet beyond the departure end of the runway. Witnesses reported they observed the airplane touch down about 4,000 feet beyond the approach end of the runway. The airplane bounced three times, and smoke was observed emanating from the airplane's tires before the airplane "launched" off the departure end of the runway. Examination of the airplane, which included the brake system, did not reveal any pre-impact malfunctions. Winds reported at the airport about the time of the accident, were from 170 degrees at 8 knots.
Factual narrative
On June 20, 2002, about 1625 eastern daylight time, a Mooney M20, N3282F, was substantially damaged while landing at the Hagerstown Regional-Richard A. Henson Field Airport (HGR), Hagerstown, Maryland. The certificated private pilot and passenger were seriously injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. No flight plan had been filed for the flight, which originated at Jackson County-Reynolds Field Airport (JXN), Jackson, Michigan. The personal flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
In a written statement, the pilot said he was performing his second approach to runway 27, a 5,460-foot long, 150-foot wide, dry, asphalt runway. During the first approach, the airplane came in high and the pilot elected to perform a go-around. During the second approach, the pilot said he encountered a gust of wind, which "threw the airplane off the glide path" and the airplane landed "long," with about 1,500 feet of runway remaining. The pilot added that when he initially applied the brakes, they responded to gentle pressure; however, they "faded quickly."
The airplane departed the end of the runway, struck an airport boundary fence and came to rest about 800 feet beyond the departure end of the runway.
Witnesses reported they observed the airplane touch down about 4,000 feet beyond the approach end of the runway. The airplane bounced three times, and smoke was observed emanating from the airplane's tires before the airplane "launched" off the departure end of the runway.
Examination of the airplane, which included the brake system by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector, did not reveal any pre-impact malfunctions.
Winds reported at the airport about the time of the accident, were from 170 degrees at 8 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3282F
- Reported as
- Mooney M20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 670375
- Airframe hours
- 3,230
- Engine
- Lycoming I0-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Industrial Service and Engineering Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 15, 2001 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- JXN · Jackson, MI
- Destination
- HGR · Hagerstown, MD
- Airport
- HGR · Hagerstown Regional, runway 27, 5,460 × 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
- 67
- Injuries
- Serious
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 8, 2001
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 386 total · 172 in this make and model · 296 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.43 inHg
- Observed at
- HGR
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 25, 2002, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 583 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.