- Date
- February 6, 2018, 22:00 local (Feb 7, 2018, 06:00 UTC)
- Place
- Newport, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N925JHMooney M20J
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed · report June 14, 2018
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20180206002039A
- Case key
- 96713
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper approach and landing flare in dark night, which resulted in a bounced landing.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The commercial pilot reported that, during a night personal flight, he was cleared for an instrument landing system approach. The pilot disconnected the autopilot at 1,500 ft mean sea level (msl), and he had the runway in sight at 1,000 ft msl. The pilot reported that the approach was continued, and the airplane crossed the runway threshold too high and fast. When the airplane touched down, it bounced at least twice before he added power in an effort to regain control. On the third or fourth bounce, the right main and nose landing gear collapsed. The airplane slid off the side of the runway, coming to rest on the grass. The right wing was substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane or engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The commercial pilot reported that during a night personal flight, he was cleared for an instrument landing system approach. The pilot disconnected the autopilot at 1,500 ft mean sea level (msl), and he had the runway in site at 1,000 ft msl. The pilot reported that the approach was continued, and the airplane crossed the runway threshold too high and fast. When the airplane touched down, it bounced at least twice before he added power in an effort to regain control. On the third or fourth bounce, the right main and nose gear collapsed. The airplane slid off the side of the runway, coming to rest on the grass. The right wing was substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane or engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N925JH
- Reported as
- Mooney M20J (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-3329
- Built
- 1994
- Airframe hours
- 2,623
- Engine
- Lycoming IO360 A3B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 4, 2017 · 445 hours before
- Departed
- KEUG · Eugene, OR
- Destination
- KONP · Newport, OR
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- KONP · Newport Municipal Airport, runway 16, 5,398 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Stall warning system, Auto-pilot
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
- 43
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 12, 2017
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 1,079 total · 68 in this make and model · 892 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night
- Wind
- 90° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 0.5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.42 inHg
- Observed at
- KNOP
Docket · 6
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 24, 2018, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 7.6 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.