- Date
- June 23, 1992, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Blakely Island, WA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5794QMooney M20C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920623021579A
- Case key
- 42839
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's not maintaining the proper rate of descent and not maintaining directional control, and separation of the nose gear strut and overload of the right main gear strut. Factors contributing to the accident were: weather conditions: tailwind and downdraft, and the pilot in command's selection of the wrong runway.
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
Upon arrival at the airport the pilot set up to land with a tailwind component. During the flare a downdraft was encountered and the aircraft landed hard. The pilot attempted a go around and then aborted the attempt during which the aircraft departed the right side of the runway. After leaving the runway the nose gear separated from the aircraft and the right main landing gear strut collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5794Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3099
- Airframe hours
- 1,293
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Brees, Eunice G.
- Registered owner
- Brees, Fred N.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 11, 1992 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- BFI · Seattle, WA
- Airport
- S08 · Blakely Island Airport, runway 19, 2,000 × 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
- 66
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 750 total · 750 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FHR, 9 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.