# Accident 20010719018749A: Mooney M20R, Minneapolis, MN, July 19, 2001 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: July 19, 2001, 17:30 local time - Place: Minneapolis, MN - Airport: Flying Cloud Airport - Damage: No damage - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 44.8233° N, 93.4914° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8233&lon=-93.4914&mi=10 - Aircraft: N2HW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2HW-2002-01-14) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Mooney M20R (registry code 5870225, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20r) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: MOONEY M20R - NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI01FA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01FA220) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010719018749A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (.19) ON JULY 19, 2001, AT 1730 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A MOONEY M-20R, N2HW, OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, WAS DESTROYED WHEN DURING INITIAL CLIMB FOLLOWING TAKEOFF, THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED CONTROLLED FLIGHT AND IMPACTED TREES AND A ROAD IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA 1 1/2 MILES WEST OF THE FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT, EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATING ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES PLAN FROM EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA, TO ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. A WITNESS TO THE ACCIDENT SAID THAT SHE WAS WORKING IN THE FRONT YARD AND DRIVEWAY OF HER HOME WHEN SHE SAW THE AIRPLANE PROCEEDING WESTBOUND FROM FCM AT A LOW ALTITIUD. SHE SAID THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,200 FEET AWAY. SHE SAID, "I WATCHED AND LISTENED THINKING HE WOULD SOON APPLY POWER AND CLIMB. THE ENGINE NOISE WAS SMOOTH SOUNDING BUT LOW. THE PLANE WAS NOT GAINING ALTITUDE AND SLOWLY LOSING ALTITUDE." THE WITNESS SAID THE AIRPLANE FLEW PARALLEL TO, AND NORTH OF THE ROAD IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE. "AS IT CR OSSED THE POINT OF MY DRIVEWAY, THE PLANE BANKED SLIGHTLY, HIT THE TREE TOPS AND CRASHED AND EXPLODED." ANOTHER WITNESS WHO SAW THE AIRPLANE SAID IT WAS FLYING THE NORMAL PATH BUT IT WAS MUCH LOWER THAN NORMAL. THE WITNESS SAID, "THE PLANE WENT DOWN THEN PULLED UP AND WENT LEFT OVER THE TREES BEHIND OUR HOUSE. THE PLANE DID NOT RIGHT ITSELF." THE WITNESS SAID HE SAW THE AIRPLANE GO OUT OF SIGHT INTO THE TREES. A FEW SECONDS LATER, THE WITNESS SAID HE SAW SMOKE AND FLAMES. (-23) ON 07/19/01 AT 2230Z (1730 LOCAL) A MOONEY M20R OWNED AND OPERATED BY JOEL W. HOIUM CRASHED 1.5 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT, EDEN PRAIRIE, MN. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT RECEICED FATAL INJURIES. THE PIC HELD PRIVATE PILOT (ASEL) INSTRUMENT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT AND WAS ENROUTE TO ABERDEEN SD. THE LAST COMMUNICATION FROM THE PILOT TO THE TOWER AT FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT INDICATED HE WAS EXPERIENCING AN "ENGINE FAILURE." NTSB IS IN POSSESSION OF THE PILOT LOG BOOKS. ## 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 CHI01FA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01FA220), Jul 19, 2001: Mooney M-20R (N2HW), Eden Prairie, MN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The fractured camshaft gear and the pilot not maintaining aircraft control. Factors relating to this accident were metal fatigue in the camshaft gear teeth, the inadvertent stall, the low airspeed,… ## Other reports on N2HW (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20001201031089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001201031089I), Dec 1, 2000: Mooney M20R (N2HW), Mobridge, SD, Minor damage. (-23) On December 1, 2000, at 12:00 CST a Mooney M20R owned and operated by [privacy data omitted] landed at Mobridge, SD, with the landing gear partially… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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