# NTSB SEA87LA133: Mooney M-20, N5265B, Spokane, WA, July 6, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 6, 1987, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Location: 47.6829° N, 117.3224° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FELTS FLD (SFF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6829&lon=-117.3224&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 8, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40654
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA87LA133
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40654/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA133

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
  - landing gear,nose gear - failure,total
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - runway light (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5265B-1989-07-26), registration cancelled 1989-07-26, S/N 1128 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M-20
- Registry model: [Mooney M20](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20) (registry code 5870202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1128
- Airframe hours: 2381
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870706081109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870706081109A), Jul 6, 1987: Mooney M20, Spokane, WA, Substantial damage. Hard landing. Gear started to collapse. Propeller struck runway. Made go around. Landed gear up on grass beside runway

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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