- Date
- April 11, 1975
- Place
- Basking Ridge, NJ · BASKING RIDGE, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7863VMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750411005559A
- Case key
- 147848
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0443 75/4/11 BASKING RIDGE,NJ MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 138 TIME - 1846 N7863V PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 53 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOMERSET HILLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BASKING RIDGE,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- ACFT T/D LONG USED UP MOST OF RWY BFR GO-AROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7863V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Somerset Hills
N7863VRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Mooney M20CAirframe modelMooney M20CEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7863V · 1
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