# Accident 19960421007889A: Mooney M20K, West Milford, NJ, April 21, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1996, 13:00 local time
- Place: West Milford, NJ
- Airport: Greenwood Lake Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1185° N, 74.3606° 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=41.1185&lon=-74.3606&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231KS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N231KS-2012-10-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC96LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960421007889A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE PROBLEM CLIMBOUT. HIT TREES ONE SHORT RUNWAY RETURNING. NO ENGINE DEFECTS FOUND.

## 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 NYC96LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA087), Apr 21, 1996: Mooney M20K (N231KS), West Milford, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: loss of engine power for undetermined reason(s), which resulted in a forced landing on unsuitable terrain and subsequent collision with trees.

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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