Mooney M20F N7141V

Summary

On 19 July 1999 at about 13:00 local time, a Mooney M20F registered N7141V was involved in an accident near Marshall, Minnesota, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

19 July 1999 at 13:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Marshall, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

Marshall Municipal-Ryan (MML)

Coordinates

44.4495, -95.7796

Aircraft

Mooney M20F

Registration

N7141V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Alexandria

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Dawn

NTSB number

CHI99LA243

1 person had minor injuries.

the inadvertent stall and the checklist not followed by the pilot. Contributing factors were the baggage door not secured and the precautionary landing attempt by the pilot.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

While waiting for an instrument flight rules clearance at the departure end of runway 12, the pilot shut the engine down and exited the airplane to obtain cleaning materials from the airplane's baggage compartment. The pilot reported that he did not double-check the baggage door and did not utilize a checklist. The baggage door opened after lifting off at a point located approximately 1/2 down runway 12. The pilot attempted to return to land on runway 20 during which he overshot the turn to final and stalled the aircraft while in a 45 degree banked turn with the gear down and flaps extended 10 degrees. He applied power and initiated a recovery but touched down short of runway 20. The aircraft then nosed into a drainage ditch.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.