N1149D – MOONEY AIRCRAFT CORP. M20K – 2011-07-23 NTSB Accident Report

On July 23, 2011, a Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N1149D) was involved in an incident near Cresson, TX. All 1 person aboard were uninjured. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.

The National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause of this incident to be: The pilot’s inadequate recovery from a bounced landing and subsequent failure to maintain directional control of the airplane.

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 gear collapsed and the airplane slid sideways off of the runway. The airplane struck obstructions and both main landing gear legs collapsed. The impact caused substantial damage to the fuselage and the left wing. The pilot reported that his airspeed must have been too fast on the first touchdown and that the accident would not have happened if he had just aborted the landing after the first hard bounce.

This incident is documented in NTSB report CEN11CA583. AviatorDB cross-references NTSB investigation data with FAA registry records to provide comprehensive safety information for aircraft N1149D.