ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 121362
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| Date: | Friday 25 March 2011 |
| Time: | 15:54 |
| Type: |  Mooney M20J 201 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N201ZZ |
| MSN: | 24-0745 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360 SER |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Albert Whitted Airport (KSPG), FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ft. Myers, FL (FMY) |
| St. Petersburg, FL (SPG) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot, he was landing on runway 18 with the wind reported from the tower air traffic controller as being from 270 degrees at 15 knots. The airplane touched down on the main wheels, and he held control yoke back-pressure until the nose wheel touched down. The airplane then veered 90 degrees to the left, bounced, departed the runway, and crossed a grassy area. It then struck a seawall, went over it, and came to rest nose-down, almost vertically, with salt water almost to the cockpit. The left wing and the fuselage were substantially damaged. Neither the pilot nor the responding Federal Aviation Administration inspector reported any preexisting mechanical anomalies with the airplane. The recorded wind at the airport 1 minute before the accident was from 240 degrees at 10 knots. The airport had a runway 25, but it was closed at the time of the accident.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during a crosswind landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/article/183414/8/Small-plane-crash-in-St-Petersburg?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Ct?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Ct
https://flightaware.com/photos/view/113371-9503e03f8372d9369793813c604ca1c41df64d26
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 April 1995 | N4478H | Jeffrey Klain | 0 | Tijeras, NM | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Mar-2011 05:45 | RobertMB | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 16:46 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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