# Accident 19930608017449A: Mooney M20J, New Haven, CT, June 8, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 1993, 21:45 local time
- Place: New Haven, CT
- Airport: Tweed-New Haven
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2496° N, 72.8834° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2496&lon=-72.8834&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1157B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1157B-2003-01-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A3B6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,015 total, 600 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC93LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93LA108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930608017449A

## Narrative

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

LOST NORMAL VISUAL REFERENCE IN STEEP TURN TO FINAL. FLEW INTO GROUND. SHORELINE LIGHTS AND INVERSION ILLUSION.

## 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 NYC93LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93LA108), Jun 9, 1993: Mooney M20J (N1157B), New Haven, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE LOSS OF AIRPLANE CONTROL AS A RESULT OF THE PILOT ENCOUNTERING SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. FACTORS IN THIS ACCIDENT WERE THE LOW AMBIENT LIGHT CONDITIONS AND THE LACK OF RUNWAY END IDENTIFIER LIGHTS

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.

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