Mooney M20S N10059

Summary

On 10 July 2004 at about 17:13 local time, a Mooney M20S registered N10059, operated by Lawrence K. Irving, was involved in an accident near Farmington, New Mexico, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

10 July 2004 at 17:13

Classification

Accident

Location

Farmington, New Mexico, United States

Nearest airport

Four Corners Regional (FMN)

Coordinates

36.7417, -108.2300

Aircraft

Mooney M20S

Registration

N10059

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Lawrence K. Irving

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Santa Teresa → Farmington

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN04CA102

1 person had minor injuries.

the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed resulting in a stall. A contributing factor was the pilot's diverted attention.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was the second airplane in a flight of two and he was number two for landing. During the base leg of the traffic pattern, he became concerned about separation between his airplane the airplane landing in front of him. As the airplane in front of him started to clear the runway, the pilot noticed that he "had allowed an excessive sink rate to develop" and that his airplane had drifted to the right of the runway. The pilot elected to go around. The pilot said that during the go around, the airplane "was not able to accelerate or climb out of ground effect ..." The airplane subsequently impacted the ground, causing substantial damage to the landing gear and right wing. An examination of the airplane revealed no anomalies.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.