- Date
- February 22, 1987, 12:55 local (17:55 UTC)
- Place
- Plainville, CT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N222NSMooney M20J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870222038529A
- Case key
- 30610
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 - on ground/water
Airspeed - excessiveCause
Go-around - delayedCause
Hard landing
Flare - improperCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Overrun
Proper touchdown point - not attainedCause
Analysis
During landing, the pilot came in high and fast, pilot stated that aircraft seemed to float down the runway and when the wheels touched down, the aircraft bounced. Bouncing for the third time, the pilot added full throttle and raised the flaps. However the aircraft did not go around but instead continued to roll off the end of the runway into a swamp.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N222NS
- Reported as
- Mooney M20J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 241059
- Airframe hours
- 1,540
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Triple Two Corp.
- Registered owner
- Triple Two Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 6, 1986 · 29 hours before
- Departed
- Lebanon, NH
- Destination
- Plainville, CT
- Airport
- 4B8 · Robertson, runway 20, 3,116 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 64
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,780 total · 13 in this make and model · 180 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.