# NTSB NYC97LA044: Mooney 20F, N7112V, Jaffrey, NH, January 19, 1997 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: January 19, 1997, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC) - Place: Jaffrey, NH - Location: 42.8051° N, 72.0030° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JAFFREY AIRFIELD SILVER RANCH (AFN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8051&lon=-72.0030&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Serious injuries - Injuries: 2 serious - Status: Completed, report February 28, 2000 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 39320 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC97LA044 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39320/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97LA044 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during a go around attempt, which resulted in a loss of control and collision with trees. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr) - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - In flight collision with object, descent - uncontrolled - object - tree(s) ## Analysis The airplane struck trees as the pilot tried to do a go-around. The pilot said that when he attempted the landing, '...the left side of the runway had a quartering wind. I'm making a perfect landing - all the numbers are right, airspeed, etc. - when all of a sudden everything goes bad. I gave power to go around and the plane balloons up twenty feet in the air. I'm pushing the nose down to get back to the runway but the plane keeps going to the left. I believe the nose struck the ground first.' The passenger said, '. It seemed like we were landing and taking off at the same time. We hit nose first and cartwheeled into the woods. We went backwards into the woods. One wing tore off. There was gasoline everywhere.' The pilot reported no mechanical malfunction. Examination of the airplane did not disclose evidence of mechanical malfunction. ## Factual narrative On January 19, 1997, at 1530 eastern standard time, a Mooney 20F, N7112V, was destroyed when it contacted terrain and collided with trees during an attempted go around on Runway 34 at the Silver Ranch Airport (AFN) near Jaffrey, New Hampshire. The certificated private pilot and the one passenger each sustained serious injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident and no flight plan was filed. The personal pleasure flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91 originated at the Dillant-Hopkins Airport (EEN) in Keene, New Hampshire at 1500 with an intended destination of Jaffrey, New Hampshire (AFN). The pilot reported that the purpose of the flight was to enjoy some scenery and then land at Silver Ranch (AFN) for fuel. The pilot said that when he attempted the landing, "...the left side of the runway had a quartering wind. I'm making a perfect landing - all the numbers are right, airspeed, etc. - when all of a sudden everything goes bad. I gave power to go around and the plane balloons up twenty feet in the air. I'm pushing the nose down to get back to the runway but the plane keeps going to the left. I believe the nose struck the ground first." The airplane subsequently struck trees and came to rest upright and facing opposite the direction of travel. The passenger reported that the airplane was "...coming down OK and touched down lightly. The plane tipped and [the pilot] accelerated to go around. We picked up. [The pilot] tried to compensate but he couldn't. It seemed like we were landing and taking off at the same time. We hit nose first and cartwheeled into the woods. We went backwards into the woods. One wing tore off. There was gasoline everywhere." A post accident examination of the airplane conducted by an FAA Aviation Safety Inspector revealed no pre-accident anomalies. The pilot reported to the Inspector that there were no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane prior to the accident. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N7112V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7112V-1998-08-27), registration cancelled 1998-08-27, S/N 220047 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Mooney 20F - Registry model: [Mooney M20F](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (registry code 5870214) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 22-0047 - Airframe hours: 2979 - Engines: Lycoming IO360AIA 200 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Destroyed - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: George A. Trahan - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, July 19, 1996, 77 hours before - Departed: EEN, KEENE, NH - Airport: AFN, Jaffrey Municipal, runway 34, 2,982 × 50 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 53; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,236 total, 446 in this make and model, 1,236 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: variable at 6 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 12 °F, dew point -0 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg - Observed at: AFN ## 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 19970119010769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970119010769A), Jan 19, 1997: Mooney M20F, Jaffrey, NH, Destroyed. Ballooned landing. Began go around zoomed nose high. Came down nose first and cartwheeled backwards into trees. From the NTSB's public API. 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