Mooney 20E N6073Q

Summary

On 15 August 1984 at about 21:30 local time, a Mooney 20E registered N6073Q was involved in an accident near St. Simon, Georgia, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 August 1984 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

St. Simon, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

Malcolm McKinnon (SSI)

Coordinates

31.1503, -81.4808

Aircraft

Mooney 20E

Registration

N6073Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Elizabeth City → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA84LA230

1 person had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ON LANDING ROLL, ACFT SWERVED TO LEFT & DEPARTED RWY SURFACE INTO GRASS. PLT APPLIED FULL PWR AND ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND, HEADED APRX 20 DEGREES LEFT OF RUNWAY ALIGNMENT. ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE, ANGLING TOWARD RAMP AND HANGAR COMPLEX. WITNESSESOBSERVED ACFT ASSUME EXTREME NOSE-UP ATTITUDE, ARPX 30-40 FT AGL, DROP OFF ABRUPTLY ON LEFT WING AND DESCEND TO GROUND IMPACT. PLT WITNESS DESCRIBED SOUNDS OF ERRATIC BRAKING WHEN ACFT WAS ON RUNWAY. POST-MISHAP EXAM OF BRAKES SHOWED BRAKES FUNCTIONAL, FULL FLUID. NOSE GEAR STEERING CONDITION COULD NOT BE DETERMINED DUE TO IMPACT DAMAGE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.