- Date
- January 19, 1989, 21:50 local (Jan 20, 1989, 02:50 UTC)
- Place
- Lumberton, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N201MQMooney M20J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890119000999A
- Case key
- 36368
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during a touch-and-go, which resulted in an inadvertent ground swerve. The presence of trees near the runway was considered to be a factor.
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.
Analysis
After arriving from a x-country trip, the pilot decided to make a touch-&-go landing. Drg the touch-&-go, the acft went off the right side of the rwy & struck trees. No preimpact mechanical problems were found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N201MQ
- Reported as
- Mooney M20J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-0204
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles J. Whitney
- Registered owner
- Charles J Whitney
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- HVN · New Haven, CT
- Airport
- N14 · Flying W, runway 1, 3,496 × 60 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 270 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 50° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIV, 36 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.