BeechTalk/CrashTalk Post Highlights Mooney Gear-Up Landings in April

[1980Mooney]

Although not a popular subject here on MooneySpace,  the recent spate of gear-up landings by Mooney's have caught the attention of BeechTalk (BT).  Four (2) had been mentioned here, but BT found two (2) more 

• N2RH, a 1996 M20J that landed gear up in Naples, FL
• N1163, a 1982 M20J that landed gear up at Tuscon.

And these are the just the ones that attended airports reported - there may be more.  And they reference the very sad two fatalities.  

"April was a rough month for Mooney gear-ups"

BeechTalk - BT - April was a rough month for Mooney gear-ups

Initial post:

Going down an ASN rabbit hole I noticed a lot of Mooney gear-up incidents in April (there’s still a couple days to add more…)

https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/495812

https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/495805

https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/497149

https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/500642

https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/500635

https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/501503

That’s six, and I didn’t see many other gear-ups on there for April, though there was a Comanche, and a C335, an L-29, and a J35 bonanza that had a “landing gear failure and landed gear-up.” These were just in the US, I didn’t look elsewhere.

There were a few gear collapses of some other types, plus a couple Mooneys that crashed as well (at least one of these has been discussed on CT).

Disproportionally rough month for Mooney.

[201er]

People forgetting how to fly over winter? Rough spring winds? Increased used Mooney sales to new pilots?

[redbaron1982]

25 minutes ago, 201er said:

People forgetting how to fly over winter? Rough spring winds? Increased used Mooney sales to new pilots?

I guess it warrants a poll!

[1980Mooney]

3 hours ago, 201er said:

People forgetting how to fly over winter? Rough spring winds? Increased used Mooney sales to new pilots?

Some were newer pilots. Some were longer owners.