Mooney M20F N3495X

Summary

On 26 June 2010 at about 20:30 local time, a Mooney M20F registered N3495X was involved in an accident near Lubbock, Texas, United States. One person was 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.

Date

26 June 2010 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Town and Country Airpark (F82)

Coordinates

33.4853, -101.8078

Aircraft

Mooney M20F

Registration

N3495X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Burleson → Lubbock

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN10CA347

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's failure to maintain control during a go-around.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot was landing with a headwind of 15 knots, gusting to 22 knots. When the airplane was on short final approach, at about 10 to 12 feet above the runway, the student pilot said that the airplane "fell out of the sky...and bounced on all three wheels." He then applied full power and attempted a go-around. While still airborne, the right wing of the airplane struck a tree approximately 125 feet to the left of the runway centerline. The impact with the tree sheared off the outboard three feet of the right wing and the airplane then struck level terrain and came to rest upright. There was a fuel spill, but no post-impact fire. The impacts caused substantial damage to both wings, the fuselage, engine mounts, landing gear, and tail surfaces. The student pilot reported that he was not injured. An examination of the airplane revealed no preexisting anomalies.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.