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| Date: | Monday 8 November 2021 |
| Time: | 12:57 |
| Type: |  Mooney M20F Executive 21 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3284F |
| MSN: | 670377 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3760 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-A1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Villa Rica, GA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Earl L. Small Jr. Field/Stockmar Airport , Villa Rica , GA (20GA) |
| Earl L. Small Jr. Field/Stockmar Airport , Villa Rica , GA (20GA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On November 8, 2021, about 1257 eastern standard time, a Mooney M20F, N3284F, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Earl L. Small Jr. Field/Stockmar Airport (20GA), Villa Rica, Georgia. The airline transport pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
The pilot was performing a personal flight. The airplane departed the traffic pattern, flew 2 miles north, and then turned and flew west for 1 mile. During the final 2 minutes of the flight, the airplane’s ground speed slowed from 102 to 49 mph. After the ground speed decreased to about 55 mph, the airplane abruptly turned left and rapidly descended. The final data return was recorded when the airplane was about 100 ft above ground level and 80 ft from the accident site.
A home surveillance video that captured the final moments of the accident flight showed that the airplane was in a steep descending left bank before impacting the ground. Another home surveillance video captured the sound of the engine until impact.
Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed no evidence of preimpact mechanical malfunctions that would have precluded normal operation. The propeller signatures, cut tree roots, audio recording, and engine data were all consistent with the engine producing power at the time of impact.
The weight and balance of the airplane and flap configuration (either extended flaps of 15° or 33°) could not be determined. Nevertheless, according to the airplane owner’s manual, the airplane’s stall speed likely ranged from 62 to 68 mph. The exact weight and balance of the airplane and flap configuration between extended flaps of 15° or 33° could not be determined. Thus, the available evidence for this accident (the automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data, GPS data, and surveillance videos) showed that the pilot likely allowed the airplane’s airspeed to decay below the aerodynamic stall speed for any configuration, which caused the airplane’s critical angle of attack to be exceeded. As a result, the airplane entered an aerodynamic stall and spin from which the pilot was unable to recover.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain proper airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and spin.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/paulding-county/small-plane-crashes-into-woods-paulding-county/NJVL7GE3TVHDPE2MLPY5X5SV34/
https://www.cbs46.com/news/deputies-one-person-dead-following-plane-crash-near-paulding-county/article_d23e03b0-40cb-11ec-8cd3-3b7faed172a9.html
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104216
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N3284F/history/20211108/1754Z/20GA/L%2033.79935%20-84.91070
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=3284F
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a38ef2&lat=33.778&lon=-84.904&zoom=13.6&showTrace=2021-11-08&leg=1&trackLabels
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Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Nov-2021 21:45 | Geno | Added |
| 08-Nov-2021 21:55 | Geno | Updated [Source, ] |
| 08-Nov-2021 22:07 | Geno | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Nov-2021 08:33 | aaronwk | Updated [Time, Registration, Source, ] |
| 10-Nov-2021 13:15 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 09-Dec-2021 17:13 | aaronwk | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 14-Jul-2022 13:50 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Dec-2024 20:52 | Captain Adam | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative, Accident report, Photo, ] |
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