- Date
- June 26, 2005, 18:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Toughkenamon, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4750HMooney M-20J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20050626018859A
- Case key
- 61803
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during an aborted landing, which resulted in an in-flight collision with trees. A factor was the crosswind.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
As the pilot was on final approach over runway 24, the airspeed was too slow and the airplane subsequently "bounced down hard" on the runway. The pilot added full power and aborted the landing; however, as the airplane climbed she "froze" and never applied right rudder. The airplane continued to climb to the left and went "out of control," impacting trees to the left of the runway. The pilot reported 490 hours of total flight experience. She also reported no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane.
Factual narrative
On June 26, 2005, at 1820 eastern daylight time, a Mooney M-20J, N4750H, was substantially damaged during a go-around at the New Garden Airport (N57), Toughkenamon, Pennsylvania. The certificated private pilot and two passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the flight which originated at the Ocean City Airport (OXB), Ocean City, Maryland. The personal flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
According to the pilot, as she was on final approach over runway 24, the airspeed was too slow and the airplane subsequently "bounced down hard" on the runway. The pilot added full power and initiated a go-around; however, as the airplane climbed she "froze" and never applied right rudder. The airplane continued to climb to the left and went "out of control," impacting trees to the left of the runway.
The pilot reported 490 hours of total flight experience. She also reported no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane.
The winds reported at an airport 12 miles to the southeast, at 1751, were from 150 degrees at 14 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4750H
- Reported as
- Mooney M-20J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-0835
- Airframe hours
- 2,337
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Patricia Wolfe
- Registered owner
- Paul Wolfe
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 2005 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- OXB · Ocean City, MD
- Destination
- N57 · Toughkenamon, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- N57 · New Garden Airport, runway 24, 3,695 × 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
- 56
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 1, 2003
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 490 total · 455 in this make and model · 14 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.12 inHg
- Observed at
- ILG, 12 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.