Mooney M20M N321JL

Summary

On 17 May 1997 at about 20:10 local time, a Mooney M20M registered N321JL was involved in an accident near Madisonville, Kentucky, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

17 May 1997 at 20:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Madisonville, Kentucky, United States

Nearest airport

Madisonville Muni (2I0)

Coordinates

37.3293, -87.4998

Aircraft

Mooney M20M

Registration

N321JL

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

IAD97LA078

Nobody was injured.

Failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed, and inadequate supervision of the CFI, which resulted in a stall and subsequent hard landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot/owner was receiving instruction from a certificated flight instructor (CFI), and was practicing short field landings. They had completed one short field landing successfully using a final approach speed of 75 knots. The owner said the CFI told him on the second approach to use 70 knots, as published in a revised pilot operating handbook. During this approach the airplane landed hard, 30 feet short of the runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.