- Date
- June 26, 1983, 16:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Marshville, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7401VMooney M20F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830626026889A
- Case key
- 35211
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Control interference - improperCause
Remedial action - not attainedCause
Passenger briefing - inadequateCause
Hard landing
Analysis
The plt reported that during landing, just before touchdown, the passenger accidently pulled back on the yoke causing a left wing nose-up attitude. The plt was unable to correct and a hard landing occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7401V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-1194
- Airframe hours
- 2,650
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Herbert H. Pitts, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 27, 1983 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- 3B2 · Marshfield, MA
- Airport
- 3B2 · Marshfield, runway 6, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
N7401VRegistration cancelled May 8, 2013 · Mooney M20FAirframe modelMooney M20FEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 121 total · 29 in this make and model · 76 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.