Mooney M20C N2HV

Summary

On 9 August 1988 at about 15:00 local time, a Mooney M20C registered N2HV, operated by Gidon Przysucha, was involved in an accident near E. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 August 1988 at 15:00

Classification

Accident

Location

E. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Birchwood (ESP)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Mooney M20C

Registration

N2HV

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Gidon Przysucha

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Linden → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC88LA211

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

THE PLT SAID THAT DURING AN ATTEMPTED LANDING THE ACFT FLOATED DURING THE FLARE. AFTER USING ABOUT HALF THE RWY HE DECIDED TO GO-AROUND. THE TEMP WAS 90 DEG F RESULTING IN A DENSITY ALT OF 3200 FT. THE PLT SAID HE APPLIED FULL PWR BUT THE ACFT DID NOT CLIMB RAPIDLY ENOUGH TO CLEAR THE TREES AT THE END OF THE RWY. THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE TREES AND CRASHED ABOUT 1/2 MI BEYOND THE RWY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.