ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 295095
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 October 2003 |
| Time: | 14:56 LT |
| Type: |  Mooney M20K |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N5659L |
| MSN: | 25-0762 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1983 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2248 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Grand Junction, Colorado -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Grand Junction-Walker Field, CO (GJT/KGJT) |
| Grand Junction-Walker Field, CO (GJT/KGJT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot, he had completed an uneventful touch-and-go landing on runway 29 using an approach speed of 67 knots. On the second touch-and-go landing, he used an approach speed of 70 knots. He stated that the airplane's airspeed was stable around the pattern. However, just short of the runway, at approximately 30 feet agl, he encountered a slight "burble." He initiated full power, and when he dropped the nose of the airplane a few degrees, he encountered a second "burble." The pilot stated that "the airplane literally fell out of the sky" and struck the runway. The impact with the runway separated the right main landing gear and the separated right main landing gear struck the right horizontal stabilizer. The nose landing gear collapsed, the right wing tip and propeller struck the runway, and the airplane slid approximately 150 feet. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing spar and the right horizontal stabilizer. The reported weather conditions at 1553 and 1604, indicated a shift in wind, from 310 degrees at 5 knots to 280 degrees at 8 knots respectively.
Probable Cause: the pilot's improper flare and his failure to maintain airspeed resulting in a stall and hard landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN04LA010
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Oct-2022 17:56 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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