Mooney M20E N5652Q

Summary

On 7 July 2008 at about 17:15 local time, a Mooney M20E registered N5652Q was involved in an accident near Big Creek, Idaho, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

7 July 2008 at 17:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Big Creek, Idaho, United States

Nearest airport

Big Creek Airport (U60)

Coordinates

45.1331, -115.3217

Aircraft

Mooney M20E

Registration

N5652Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Mc Call → Big Creek

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA08LA159

2 people were seriously injured.

The pilot's delayed decision to abort the landing and failure to achieve the proper touchdown point. Contributing to the accident was a high density altitude.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

While landing on a 3,550-foot long runway, the pilot added power to abort the landing and go-around. The airplane failed to gain sufficient altitude and impacted a parked vehicle about 75 feet beyond the departure end of the runway. Witnesses adjacent to the accident site reported observing the airplane land about three quarters down the runway prior to the pilot aborting the landing. Examination of the airplane revealed that the fuselage and wings were structurally damaged. The pilot stated that there were no mechanical anomalies with the airplane prior to colliding with the vehicle. Using recorded weather information from the nearest weather reporting station to the accident site, the density altitude was calculated to be 7,383 feet mean sea level.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.