Gear-up landing Accident Mooney M20M / 257 TLS Bravo HB-DIB, Friday 11 September 2020
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Date:Friday 11 September 2020
Time:16:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic M20T model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Mooney M20M / 257 TLS Bravo
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: HB-DIB
MSN: 27-0078
Year of manufacture:1990
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Wangen-Lachen Airfield (LSPV) -   Switzerland
Phase: Landing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Wangen-Lachen Airfield (LSPV)
Destination airport:Wangen-Lachen Airfield (LSPV)
Investigating agency: STSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
The pilot, together with a passenger, intended to fly the M20M initially to carry out three touch-and-go landings for training purposes, followed by a (touch-and-go) for training purposes and then to perform a sightseeing flight. The first two touch-and-goes were uneventful. On the third landing, the aircraft touched down with its landing gear retracted on runway 08. It skidded along the runway and came to a standstill on the right-hand edge of the runway. The occupants were uninjured, The aircraft was severely damaged.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: STSB
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 11 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

https://www.hoefner.ch/2020/09/11/flugzeug-ueber-den-pistenrand/
https://www.bote.ch/nachrichten/schwyz/schwyz_bdu/pilot-baut-bruchlandung;art146989,1264319
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/HBDIB
https://www.sust.admin.ch/inhalte/AV-berichte/HB-DIB.pdf

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-Sep-2020 06:15 gerard57 Added
12-Sep-2020 06:18 gerard57 Updated [Time, Total occupants, Source, ]
12-Sep-2020 06:39 gerard57 Updated [Aircraft type, Source, ]
12-Sep-2020 07:43 RobertMB Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ]
26-Apr-2021 14:22 harro Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
07-Aug-2021 19:41 harro Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ]

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