Mooney M20R N5816P

Summary

On 4 June 2011 at about 15:30 local time, a Mooney M20R registered N5816P was involved in an accident near Lake In The Hills, Illinois, 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

4 June 2011 at 15:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Lake In The Hills, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Lake in the Hills Airport (3CK)

Coordinates

42.2069, -88.3231

Aircraft

Mooney M20R

Registration

N5816P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Janesville → Lake In The Hills

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN11LA373

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's improper landing flare and recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a loss of control. Contributing to the accident was the certified flight instructor’s inadequate supervision.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

**This report was modified on July 29, 2013. Please see the docket for this accident to view the original report.** The pilot had recently purchased the airplane and was receiving flight instruction to become more comfortable operating it. The accident occurred as the pilot performed a simulated forced landing at the end of an instructional flight. The pilot began the landing flare above the region of ground effect and unintentionally induced an aerodynamic stall after his abrupt aft control yoke input. He increased engine power in response to the stall condition, but the airplane landed hard on the main landing gear in a nose-high attitude. The airplane subsequently bounced and began to veer to the left. The pilot and flight instructor were unsuccessful in regaining control. The airplane departed the runway and went down an embankment into a construction site. The fuselage, firewall, and both wings were substantially damaged during the event. A postaccident examination did not reveal any preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane.

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