# Accident 19910117000659A: Mooney M20J, Brookline, NH, January 17, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1991, 17:15 local time
- Place: Brookline, NH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7348° N, 71.6581° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brookline, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7348&lon=-71.6581&mi=10
- Aircraft: N804DW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N804DW-1991-10-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A3B6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,549 total, 357 in this make and model, 215 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC91FA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91FA060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910117000659A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WRECKAGE INDICATES STALL SPIN VERTICAL IMPACT. FLIGHT ITINERARY WAS STALLS,STEEP TURNS FOR COMPLEX AIRCRAFT DUAL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB NYC91FA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91FA060), Jan 17, 1991: Mooney M20J (N804DW), Brookline, NH, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) TO ATTAIN REMEDIAL ACTION AFTER CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE WAS LOST FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.