Mooney M20E N7154U

Summary

On 19 August 2022 at about 21:01 local time, a Mooney M20E registered N7154U, operated by Walls of Time Inc, was involved in an accident near Hollywood, Maryland, 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

19 August 2022 at 21:01

Classification

Accident

Location

Hollywood, Maryland, United States

Nearest airport

St Mary's County (2W6)

Coordinates

38.3153, -76.5500

Aircraft

Mooney M20E

Registration

N7154U

Category

Airplane

Year built

1964

Engines

1

Operator

Walls of Time Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Essex → Halifax

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA22LA408

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear before landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot, while entering the airport’s traffic pattern to land on runway 11, he started the before landing checklist procedure but did not lower the landing gear because the airspeed was too fast. Then, on the final leg of the traffic pattern, he was focusing on maintaining a slip in the crosswind and he did not extend the landing gear. The airplane touched down with the landing gear retracted, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. Around the time of the accident, the wind was reported from 140° at 9 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.