# NTSB SEA88LA164: Mooney M20J, N5813X, Nehalem, OR, August 27, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 26, 1988, 19:30 local (Aug 27, 1988, 02:30 UTC)
- Place: Nehalem, OR
- Coordinates: 45.699913, -123.859832 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6999&lon=-123.8598&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report August 8, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40875
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA88LA164
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40875/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88LA164

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing
  - planned approach - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted landing - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - lift-off - premature, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing

## Analysis

AFTER EXECUTING ONE GO-AROUND DUE TO OVERSHOOT, PLT LANDED LONG ON SECOND APPROACH. PLT ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE TO STOP, THEN REJECTED LANDING, APPLIED POWER AND BECAME AIRBORNE PREMATURELY. LOSS OF CONTROL AND COLLISION WITH TERRAIN FOLLOWED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5813X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5813X-1991-04-11), registration cancelled 1991-04-11, S/N 241565 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Registry model: [Mooney M20J](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (registry code 5870219) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 241565
- Airframe hours: 633
- Engines: LYCOMING I0-360-A3B6D 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Renton Flight Service
- Registered owner: Charles J. D'Ambrosia
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 20, 1988, 39 hours before
- Departed: BFI, SEATTLE, WA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: 3S7, Nehalem, runway 33, 2,400 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 420 total, 44 in this make and model, 259 as pilot in command, 29 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point -0 °F

## 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 19880826035499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880826035499A), Aug 26, 1988: Mooney M20J, Manzanita, OR, Substantial damage. Landed long, tried to stop, then began a belated nose high go around. Fell off on a wing and crashed.

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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