# Accident 20070715019589A: Mooney M20J, Minneapolis, MN, July 15, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2007, 07:30 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Flying Cloud
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8272° N, 93.4572° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8272&lon=-93.4572&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4785H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4785H-2014-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: CONT IO360C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 352 total, 267 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07LA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA211) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070715019589A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT INITIATED AN UNCOMMANDED YAW TO THE LEFT AFTER THE TAKE OFF AND HAD REACHED AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 8 FEET AGL. PILOT STATED THAT FULL AND OPPOSITE AILERON AND RUDDER INPUTS WERE INITIATED BUT HAD NO EFFECT ON THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT RETARDED THROTTLE, AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO THE LEFT, LOST ALTITUDE AND CONTACTED THE GROUND. AIRCRAFT SLID ON THE GROUND AND WAS ARRESTED BY THE AIRPORT BARRIER FENCE. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. PILOT WAS TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION. MINOR INJURIES WERE REPORTED. WEATHER: MT 1253Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/15 A2993

## 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 CHI07LA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA211), Jul 15, 2007: Mooney M20J (N4785H), Eden Prairie, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inability to maintain control of the airplane for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident were the embankment and the fence.

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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