Mooney M20J N40FJ
25 December 2005 · San Antonio, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 25 December 2005 at about 23:00 local time, a Mooney M20J registered N40FJ, operated by John Hermann, was involved in an accident near San Antonio, Texas, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 23:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- San Antonio, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Bulverde Airpark (1T8)
- Coordinates
- 29.7467, -98.4506
- Aircraft
- Mooney M20J
- Registration
- N40FJ
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- John Hermann
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Bulverde → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- DFW06CA043
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient airspeed on takeoff, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent hard landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The 1,520-hour airline transport pilot and the three passengers departed in a single-engine low-wing airplane on a local pleasure flight. Shortly after takeoff from the 2,890 foot long , by 40-foot wide asphalt runway, while the airplane was approximately 100 feet above the ground, it stalled, rolled to the left and nosed over toward the ground. The pilot was unable to maintain control of the airplane, but managed to level the wings before the airplane landed hard on the left side of the runway.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Mooney M20J accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Dec 2005 | Mooney M20J | Yoakum, Texas, United States | Milton A. Killebrew | No injuries | - |
| 20 Jul 2005 | Mooney M20J | Saginaw, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 3 |
| 28 Jul 2005 | Mooney M20J | Sunriver, Oregon, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 Jun 2005 | Mooney M20J | Hailey, Idaho, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 7 Apr 2005 | Mooney M20J | Rocky Hill, New Jersey, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 1 Mar 2006 | Mooney M20J | Fort Pierce, Florida, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Feb 2005 | Beechcraft BE77 | Angleton, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 28 May 2005 | Stearman D75 | Taylor, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 30 May 2005 | Beechcraft A36 | Arcola, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 29 May 2005 | Cessna R182 | Roanoke, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Apr 2005 | Cessna 172N | Olney, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 30 May 2005 | Westland WASP | Denison, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |