# Accident 20000226005959A: Mooney M20C, Boulder, CO, February 26, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2000, 11:04 local time
- Place: Boulder, CO
- Airport: Boulder Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0394° N, 105.2261° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOULDER MUNI (BDU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0394&lon=-105.2261&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90MR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90MR-2000-04-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN00LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000226005959A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 02-26-00 AT APPROX. 11:04 MST, A MOONEY M-20C, N90MR, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A FORCED LANDING NEAR BOULDER, CO. THE INSTRUMENT RATED COMMERCIAL PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED BY ARTELL, INC. OF BROOMFIELD, CO. UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE CROSS-COUNTRY PERSONAL FLIGHT WHICH ORIGINATED FROM BROOMFIELD, CO. APPROX. 45 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE DEPARTED JEFFCP AIRPORT AND FLEW TO LONGMONT'S AIRPORT FOR A TOUCH & GO LANDING. HE THEN FLEW TO BOULDER FOR MOR PRACTICE LANDINGS. THE PILOT SAID HE FLEW A LONG DOWNWIND LEG FOR RUNWAY 26 BECAUSE ANOTHER AIRPLANE HAD TRANSMITTED THAT HE WAS ON A FINAL. DURING N90MR'S FINAL APPROACH, THE ENGINE LOST POWER, DUE TO CARB-ICE ACCORDING TO THE PILOT WHO ANALYZED THE POWER LOSS BEFORE PERFORMING A FORCED LANDING INA FIELD SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE WENT THROUGH TWO FENCES AND CAME TO REST IN AN IRRIGATION DITCH.

## 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 DEN00LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA054), Feb 26, 2000: Mooney M-20C (N90MR), Boulder, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot not following procedures in that he did not periodically clear the engine during an extended glide. The factors were carburetor icing, weather conditions conducive to carburetor ice, and…

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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