- Date
- July 6, 1987, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Spokane, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5265BMooney M-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870706081109A
- Case key
- 40654
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.
Analysis
At touchdown a prop strike occurred. The pilot immediatley added full power to go around. Since the prop strike was severe full power was not available. The pilot made a shallow 180 degree turn back to the rwy and landed on the grass. During the landing rollout a runway edge light became imbedded in the aircrafts wing. Although the pilot claims that the gear did not collapse due to a hard landing, inspection and witness statements revealed that the gear collapsed due to a hard landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5265B
- Reported as
- Mooney M-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1128
- Airframe hours
- 2,381
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Frederick C. Budinger
- Registered owner
- Frederick C Budinger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 29, 1986
- Departed
- EAT · Wenatchee, WA
- Destination
- SFF · Spokane, WA
- Airport
- SFF · Felts Field, runway 3L, 4,500 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 833 total · 557 in this make and model · 720 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SFF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.