# NTSB ERA09WA552: Mooney M20F, Warwickshire, United Kingdom, August 8, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 8, 2009, 12:18 local (12:18 UTC)
- Place: Warwickshire, United Kingdom
- Coordinates: 52.192222, -1.614444 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=52.1922&lon=-1.6144&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 75189
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA09WA552
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/75189/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75189
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09WA552

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On August 8, 2009, at 1218 UTC, a Mooney M20F, G-CEJN, was substantially damaged when the landing gear collapsed during landing at Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield, Warwickshire, United Kingdom. The pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local flight. This investigation is being conducted by the United Kingdom's Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB). This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the AAIB. All inquiries should be directed to the AAIB at: Air Accidents Investigation Branch Farnborough House Aldershot, Hampshire GU11 2HH, United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 1252 510300 Email: investigations@aaib.gov.uk

## Aircraft

- Registration: G-CEJN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 670216
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner: Guy Richard Wakeley
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: Warwickshire
- Destination: Warwickshire
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: Wellesbourne Mountford

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 16, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75189. 10 KB in all.

- Memorandum for Record (item 1, .PDF, 10 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40325615&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20for%20Record-Master.PDF

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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