ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 296018
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| Date: | Thursday 10 April 2003 |
| Time: | 19:40 LT |
| Type: |  Mooney M20K |
| Owner/operator: | C.d. Aircraft Leasing Inc. |
| Registration: | N231LS |
| MSN: | 25-0136 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1510 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | West Milford, New Jersey -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Newburgh-Stewart Airport, NY (SWF/KSWF) |
| West Milford, NJ (4N1) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot flew from his home airport to another airport to drop off a friend, who was to pick up another airplane. When they landed at the other airport there was a nose wheel shimmy. The pilot shut the engine down at the fixed base operator, and both he and the other pilot got out to check the nose wheel. He could find nothing wrong, and when the friend was ready, they both departed in their separate airplanes to return to their home airport. When they arrived, the other airplane landed first. The accident pilot flew his approach to the 4,000 foot long runway 6, with the flaps set to 20 degrees. After touch down, the nose of the airplane veered to the right; however, he did not recall any shimmy of the nose wheel. He pulled back on the yoke to ease the nose up, but he pulled back too hard and the airplane became airborne again. He thought he would touch down on the runway again, but instead, the airplane landed between the runway and taxiway, and struck rocks. The pilot said he did not experience any other mechanical problems during the landing. The pilot estimated the winds to be variable at 5 knots. Winds reported at the other airport, about 30 miles northeast were from 120 at 7 knots.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind and his failure to maintain directional control. Factors in the accident were the crosswind and landing at night.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC03LA083
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Oct-2022 15:31 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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