Mooney M20K N110CG

Summary

On 27 July 2021 at about 23:30 local time, a Mooney M20K registered N110CG was involved in an accident near New Shoreham, Rhode Island, 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

27 July 2021 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

New Shoreham, Rhode Island, United States

Nearest airport

Block Island State (BID)

Coordinates

41.1700, -71.5800

Aircraft

Mooney M20K

Registration

N110CG

Category

Airplane

Year built

1980

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → North Kingstown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA21LA371

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s improper decision to reject the takeoff at an excessive speed, resulting in a runway excursion and collision with a fence. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to lock the door as required by the placarded door closing procedures.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that, during his normal preflight procedures, he latched, but did not lock, the baggage door, and there were no problems with the latch. During the takeoff roll, at rotation speed, his wife, who was in the right cockpit seat, noticed that the baggage door had opened. Fearing that his dogs in the rear seat would exit the airplane, he decided to abort the takeoff. The airplane departed the end of the runway, through the overrun, and down an embankment before colliding with a perimeter fence, resulting in substantial damage to the right wing. A post-accident examination of the baggage door and latching hardware revealed no malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. There was a placard inside the cabin that required locking the baggage door as the last step to securing it.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.