It seems that securely latching of the baggage compartment door is of active concern within the Mooney community. Here's a link to a discussion thread:
https://mooneyspace.com/topic/18150-...l-flys/page/2/
There have been several events when Mooney baggage doors came open soon after takeoff; however, the event that is the subject of this thread apparently occurred some significant period of time after takeoff. This particular incident may have been due to a problem with the latching mechanism itself and not due to an incomplete preflight. Does anyone have a diagram or other information on the baggage door latching mechanism? Is the latching mechanism different from model to model?
Cheers,
Grog