# NTSB NYC05CA108: Mooney M-20J, N4750H, Toughkenamon, PA, June 26, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: June 26, 2005, 18:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place: Toughkenamon, PA
- Coordinates: 39.830276, -75.769721
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8303&lon=-75.7697&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 27, 2005
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 61803
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC05CA108
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61803/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05CA108

## 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

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - aborted
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, landing - aborted
  - object - tree(s)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4750H-2008-06-02), registration cancelled 2008-06-02, S/N 24-0835, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Mooney M-20J
- Registry model: [Mooney M20J](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (registry code 5870219) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 24-0835
- Airframe hours: 2337
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20050626018859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050626018859A), Jun 26, 2005: Mooney M20J, Toughenamon, PA, Destroyed. (-23) At approximately 1820, June 26, 2005, a Mooney M20-J crashed during landing on runway 24 at N57 New Garden Airport. The pilot stated that she was too…

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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