Mooney M20K N11640

Summary

On 8 August 2004 at about 22:40 local time, a Mooney M20K registered N11640 was involved in an accident near Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 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

8 August 2004 at 22:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Jackson Hole, Wyoming, United States

Nearest airport

Jackson Hole (JAC)

Coordinates

43.6006, -110.7336

Aircraft

Mooney M20K

Registration

N11640

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Riverton → Jackson Hole

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN04CA117

1 person had minor injuries.

the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control resulting in a stall/mush. Contributing factors include the windshear, the crosswind and the runway light.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot, he had attempted to land on runway 19 but had performed a go-around because of windshear approximately 15 to 20 feet agl. During the second attempt to land, he increased his airspeed to compensate for the wind. The pilot reported that during the landing flare "the bottom dropped out." He increased power to go around but the airplane continued to sink. The airplane drifted to the left and subsequently struck a runway light causing substantial damage. The Automated Weather Observation System reported the winds at 1640 as 210 degrees at 9 knots. The pilot estimated that the winds at the time of the accident were 250 degrees at 10 to 15 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.