Mooney M20J N339PB

Summary

On 21 July 2012 at about 21:20 local time, a Mooney M20J registered N339PB, operated by John C. Bartholomew, was involved in an accident near Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States. 2 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

21 July 2012 at 21:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

Wittman Airport (OSH)

Coordinates

43.9850, -88.5617

Aircraft

Mooney M20J

Registration

N339PB

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

John C. Bartholomew

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Madison → Oshkosh

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN12CA465

1 person was seriously injured.

The pilot’s excessive airspeed at touchdown and his loss of control of the airplane during the landing roll.

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

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The pilot stated that, during landing, he was concentrating on touching down at a particular location, and he forced the airplane onto the runway at an airspeed that was too fast. The airplane bounced two or three times and traveled off the right side of the runway/taxiway into the grass where it contacted a taxiway light. The pilot stated that the brakes were ineffective due to the speed and the grass. The airplane continued across a service road where it contacted six heavy military vehicles that were among a row of parked vehicles. Both wings and the firewall were substantially damaged. The pilot stated that there was nothing mechanically wrong with the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.