Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Rimrock Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Lake Montezuma, Arizona 86335
Wednesday, August 13, 2014 7:49 MST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On August 13, 2014, about 0749 mountain standard time, a Mooney M20F airplane, N7786M, was substantially damaged during a collision with terrain, following an aborted landing at the Rimrock Airport (48AZ), Lake Montezuma, Arizona. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot as a visual flight rules (VFR) personal cross-country flight, under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed; the pilot received minor injuries and the sole passenger received serious injuries. The airplane departed Show Low Regional Airport (KSOW), Show Low, Arizona, bound for Apple Valley, California, about 0630.
During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC) on August 20, the pilot said he had received several weather briefings for the cross-country flight, but the weather was not improving as anticipated. The visibility was above VFR minimums, and the ceiling was greater than 2,000 feet above ground level, but he wanted to land, and get an updated weather briefing. He elected to land at the nearest airport, which was Rimrock Airport. He said he had not landed there previously, and did not know the runway was downhill. It had rained earlier, the runway was wet, and when he applied the brakes the airplane started to skid. He decided to abort the landing, but did not get the flaps up before the airplane sank off the elevated end of the runway and impacted terrain.
The pilot said there were no mechanical issues with the airplane prior to the accident. The airplane sustained structural damage to the wings and fuselage.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 8/13/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Wednesday |
| Time of Event | 749 |
| Event Time Zone | Mountain Standard Time |
| Event City | Lake Montezuma |
| Event State | ARIZONA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 86335 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 8 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 343902N |
| Event Location Longitude | 1114710W |
| Event Location Airport | RIMROCK |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | 48AZ |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 100 |
| Airport Elevation | 3575 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Pilot |
| Time of the weather observation | |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | -- |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | -- |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | -- |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | -- |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 2000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | -- |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Overcast |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 7 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | -- |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -- |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | -- |
| Variable Wind Indicator | -- |
| Wind Speed (knots) | -- |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | -- |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Serious |
| 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 | 1 |
| Injury Total All | 2 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | WP ROC |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Aug 20 2014 5:36PM |
| User who most recently changed record | lewl |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N7786M |
| NTSB Number | WPR14LA343 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | -- |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | MOONEY |
| Aircraft Model | M20F |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | NO SERIES |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 22-0034 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2740 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | 4 |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | -- |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | MONETTE RONALD A |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | LAKESIDE |
| Aircraft Owner State | AZ |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 859295016 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | MONETTE RONALD A |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | LAKESIDE |
| Operator State | AZ |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 859295016 |
| 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) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | KSOW |
| Departure City | Show Low |
| Departure State | AZ |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 630 |
| Departure Time Zone | MST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | KAPV |
| Destination City | Apple Valley |
| Destination State | CA |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Aug 29 2014 7:14PM |
| User who most recently changed record | stam |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | -- |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |