Four Corners Regional Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Farmington, New Mexico 87401
Saturday, July 10, 2004 11:13 MDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The pilot was the second airplane in a flight of two and he was number two for landing. During the base leg of the traffic pattern, he became concerned about separation between his airplane the airplane landing in front of him. As the airplane in front of him started to clear the runway, the pilot noticed that he "had allowed an excessive sink rate to develop" and that his airplane had drifted to the right of the runway. The pilot elected to go around. The pilot said that during the go around, the airplane "was not able to accelerate or climb out of ground effect ..." The airplane subsequently impacted the ground, causing substantial damage to the landing gear and right wing. An examination of the airplane revealed no anomalies.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed resulting in a stall. A contributing factor was the pilot's diverted attention.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 7/10/2004
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 1113
Event Time Zone Mountain Daylight Time
Event City Farmington
Event State NEW MEXICO
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 87401
Event Date Year 2004
Event Date Month 7
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 364430N
Event Location Longitude 1081348W
Event Location Airport FOUR CORNERS REGIONAL
Event Location Nearest Airport ID FMN
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 1
Degrees magnetic from airport 270
Airport Elevation 5506
Weather Briefing Completeness Full
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1119 Mountain Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 70
Weather Observation Facility ID FMN
Elevation of weather observation facility 5506
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 1
Time Zone of the weather observation MDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 29
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 6
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 190
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 5
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.21
Density Altitude (feet) 8112
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Minor
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor 1
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 16250
NTSB Notification Source FAA Comm Ctr
NTSB Notification Date Jul 10 2004 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 0
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Sep 29 2004 1:02PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\MONR
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office ABQ FAA FSDO

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N10059
NTSB Number DEN04CA102
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed VFR
Flight plan Was Activated? Yes
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Mooney Aircraft Corp
Aircraft Model M20S
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 30-0053
Certified Max Gross Weight 3200
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Dec 29 2003 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name New Horizons of Durango, LLC
Aircraft Owner Street Address 406 Snowcap Lane
Aircraft Owner City Durango
Aircraft Owner State CO
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 81301
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name Lawrence K. Irving
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address On File
Operator City Florissant
Operator State CO
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 80816
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Positioning
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code 5T6
Departure City Santa Teresa
Departure State NM
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 920
Departure Time Zone MDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code FMN
Destination City Farmington
Destination State NM
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Go-around (VFR)
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Aug 10 2004 12:47PM
User who most recently changed record MCBM
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 07
Runway Length 6704
Runway Width 100
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --