M20J RUNS OFF END OF RWY FOLLOWING LONG TOUCHDOWN.

Date: 2005-10 · Aircraft: M-20 J (201) / Allegro · Phase: approach

Anomalies: deviation-speed-all-types|ground-event-encounter-other-unknown|ground-excursion-runway|inflight-event-encounter-unstabilized-approach

Synopsis

M20J RUNS OFF END OF RWY FOLLOWING LONG TOUCHDOWN.

Narrative

I DEPARTED BOLTON FIELD (TZR) AND ARRIVED AT MY DEST; THE WARREN/SKEETS ARPT (62D) AN HR LATER. THE WIND WAS FAIRLY STRONG (ESTIMATED 10-15 KTS) FROM A VARIABLE SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION. I MONITORED THE ATIS WX FROM YOUNGSTOWN/WARREN; THE CTAF FOR THE ARPT THEN DETERMINED THAT RWY 22 WOULD BE THE BEST RWY TO LAND ON. I STARTED MY APCH TO THE RWY ON A L DOWNWIND TO BASE AND ONTO FINAL; EXPERIENCING SOME DIFFICULTY IN KEEPING LINED UP WITH THE 30 FT WIDE RWY DUE TO THE FAIRLY STIFF XWIND CONDITION. THERE ARE MATURE TREES ON THE RWY 22 APCH END OF THE RWY. I KEPT MY SPD UP A LITTLE HIGHER THAN NORMAL FOR BETTER CTL AND TO CLR THE TREES AT THE END OF THE RWY. AS I CONTINUED DOWN; I FELT THAT I WAS APCHING HIGH AND A LITTLE TOO FAST FOR THE LENGTH OF RWY I HAD; SO I ADDED PWR AND WENT AROUND. I MADE A SECOND APCH SIMILAR TO THE FIRST; HOWEVER; JUST A LITTLE SLOWER AND A LITTLE LOWER OVER THE TREES. AS I APCHED THE RWY A SECOND TIME; I WAS STILL WORKING TO KEEP ALIGNED; BUT EVERYTHING APPEARED NORMAL. I DROPPED OVER THE TREES AND STARTED DOWN THE RWY. WHEN I TOUCHED DOWN; I WAS FURTHER DOWN THE RWY THAN I WOULD HAVE LIKED; HOWEVER; I FELT THERE WAS STILL SUFFICIENT STOPPING DISTANCE. UPON SETTLING ON THE RWY; I STARTED TO PULL BACK AND APPLY NORMAL BRAKING. AS I WENT DOWN THE RWY; I JUDGED MY DISTANCE TO THE END AND DETERMINED THAT I PROBABLY DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH DISTANCE TO PWR UP AND TAKE OFF AGAIN; SO I APPLIED FULL BRAKES AND THE PLANE SLOWED QUICKLY AND BEGAN TO SKID AS EVIDENCED BY THE TIRE MARKS ON THE RWY. AT APPROX 100 FT FROM THE END OF THE RWY; I REALIZED THAT THERE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT ROOM TO STOP; SO I LOOKED FOR THE BEST RTE OFF THE END AND DETERMINED THAT SINCE THERE WAS A VISIBLE DRAINAGE DITCH DIRECTLY OFF THE END IF I WENT SLIGHTLY L; IT APPEARED TO BE ONLY SOME HIGHER GRASS AND PERHAPS LESS CHANCE OF DAMAGE. I WENT OFF THE END TO THE L AT APPROX +/-25 MPH AND OVER SOME CONCEALED DRAINAGE CHANNELS AND OFF INTO A WINTER WHEAT FIELD APPROX 75 FT. AT THE VERY END; THE R MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE FRONT GEAR COMPRESSED. AT SOME POINT ALONG THE WAY; THE PROP STRUCK THE GND. UPON STOPPING; I IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF THE MAIN PWR SWITCHES AND TURNED OFF THE KEY AND STEPPED OUT. THE RIDE OFF THE END OF THE RWY WAS FAIRLY GENTLE AND NOTHING BUT MY PRIDE WAS HURT.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.