Mooney M20K N1149D

Summary

On 23 July 2011 at about 02:00 local time, a Mooney M20K registered N1149D was involved in an accident near Cresson, Texas, United States. One person was 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

23 July 2011 at 02:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Cresson, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Bourland Field Airport (50F)

Coordinates

32.5756, -97.5878

Aircraft

Mooney M20K

Registration

N1149D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Brownwood → Cresson

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

CEN11CA583

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s inadequate recovery from a bounced landing and subsequent failure to maintain directional control of the airplane.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

On the pilot’s second landing attempt, the airplane landed hard on the main landing gear and bounced. The pilot lost control during the bounce, resulting in the airplane touching down hard on the nose landing gear. The nose landing gear collapsed and the airplane slid sideways off of the runway. The airplane impacted obstructions and both main landing gear legs collapsed, causing substantial damage to the fuselage and the left wing. The pilot reported that his airspeed was too fast and that the accident would not have happened if he had aborted the landing after the first hard bounce.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.