# Accident 19960607015959A: Mooney M20K, Danbury, CT, June 7, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1996, 14:00 local time
- Place: Danbury, CT
- Airport: Danbury Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3715° N, 73.4822° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANBURY MUNI (DXR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3715&lon=-73.4822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11637, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11637-2013-06-04) (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 TSIO360LB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 443 total, 43 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC96LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA122) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960607015959A

## Narrative

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

IFR PRACTICE. CFI RIGHT SEAT. BALLOONED LANDING. BEGAN GO AROUND. VEERED SETTLED. DUMPED FLAPS. HIT PARKED AIRCRAFT

## 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 NYC96LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA122), Jun 7, 1996: Mooney M20K (N11637), Danbury, CT, destroyed. Probable cause: the safety pilot's raising of the flaps, while the airplane was at an inadequate airspeed during the aborted landing, which resulted in a stall, uncontrolled descent, and subsequent collision with…

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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