# NTSB investigations: Mooney M20J: Miscellaneous/other

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB WPR26LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA064.md): Mooney M20J · Silver Springs, NV · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report · Dec 17, 2025 · N87PM · Substantial damage
  > On December 17, 2025, about 1230 Pacific standard time, a Mooney M20J, N87PM, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Silver Springs, Nevada. The pilot and passenger sustained serious injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title…
- [NTSB ERA19FA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19FA184.md): Mooney M20J · Cape May, NJ · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 2 · Field · Final report · May 29, 2019 · N201DG · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's intentional flight into water as an act of suicide.
- [NTSB GAA18CA511](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA511.md): Mooney M20J · Rochester, NH · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 26, 2018 · N201BS · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff.
- [NTSB WPR18CA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18CA085.md): Mooney M20J · Newport, OR · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Feb 7, 2018 · N925JH · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper approach and landing flare in dark night, which resulted in a bounced landing.
- [NTSB CEN17LA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA198.md): Mooney M20J · Lakeway, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 28, 2017 · N211ZN · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to attain a proper touchdown point during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s impaired vision due to his broken eyeglasses.
- [NTSB WPR11FA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11FA032.md): Mooney M20J · Lander, WY · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 25, 2010 · N201HF · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's decision to depart into known adverse weather conditions over mountainous terrain, which required operation near the limits of the airplane's performance capability and which resulted in a loss of airplane control and subsequent ground impact.…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('5870219')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND s.aircrafts_position = x.position AND s."tier2Number" = '900' AND s.case_mkey IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' WHERE "isDefiningEvent")))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence?model=5870219

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.