# Accident 19970706016809A: Mooney M20A, Minneapolis, MN, July 6, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1997, 18:45 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Anoka County-Blaine Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0909° N, 93.0098° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0909&lon=-93.0098&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8394E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8394E-2003-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20A (registry code 5870204, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20A
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 50 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI97FA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97FA196) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970706016809A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED RETURNED SHORTLY DUE MEDICAL EMERGENCY. TOO HIGH. STALLED INTO LAKE ON GO AROUND. PILOT SUFFERED A STROKE. (-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ANE FOR CAMBRIDGE.  RETURNED A SHORT ITME LATER WITH MEDICAL EMERGENCY.  LEFT PATTERN TO NORTH. WAS NEXT SEEN DESCENDING TOWARD WHITE BEAR LAKE.  AIRCRAFT STALLED DURING ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND AND CRASHED INTO LAKE.  MEDICAL EXAMINER DETERMINED PILOT SUFFERED STROKE.

## 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 CHI97FA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97FA196), Jul 6, 1997: Mooney M20A (N8394E), White Bear, MN, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: pilot incapacitation due to a stroke.

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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