Well, it's sort of news to me that it wasn't.
I guess I'd need a screw of about 7cm to ensure it both sits in the board and starts to go in to whatever starts about 5cm behind.
TBH rather than trying to stick another fixing into an existing hole you will be much better off starting with a new hole in a slightly different place - and that applies to any other type of fixing.
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