Crash location | 35.237222°N, 79.391111°W |
Nearest city | Carthage, NC
35.345987°N, 79.416971°W 7.7 miles away |
Tail number | N904MM |
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Accident date | 24 May 2007 |
Aircraft type | Mooney M20R |
Additional details: | None |
After departure the flight proceeded to the destination airport and the pilot entered a standard downwind traffic pattern for runway 5. The pilot later reported that while on final approach he encountered a gust of wind. The airplane ballooned, and he heard the stall warning horn. The airplane touched down on the main landing gear then bounced. He added power in an effort to perform a go-around but did not achieve a positive rate of climb. The airplane touched down on the main landing gear, bounced, then landed again causing collapse of the nose landing gear. The airplane spun around and the left main landing gear collapsed.
The delay by the pilot-in-command to recover from a bounced landing resulting in a hard landing and subsequent collapse of the nose and left main landing gears.