# NTSB investigations: Mooney M20: Loss of control - on ground/water

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 LAX02LA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA271.md): Mooney M20 · Sierraville, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 2, 2002 · N881B · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's decision to attempt takeoff in crosswind conditions that likely exceeded the capability of the airplane, and, his subsequent failure to maintain the airplane's proper alignment over the runway. Also causal was the pilot's premature liftoff and…
- [NTSB FTW98LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA082.md): Mooney M20 · Pocahontas, AR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 13, 1997 · N6159E · Substantial damage
  > failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane during the takeoff roll, which resulted in an inadvertent ground swerve. A related factor was: the pilot's lack of recent experience in the make and model of airplane.
- [NTSB FTW85FPA03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85FPA03.md): Mooney M20 · Fort Worth, TX · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jun 1, 1985 · N872B · Destroyed
  > The acft contacted an iron pole and a hangar following a loss of directional control during landing roll. The plt reported that after an aprx 300 ft ground roll, the acft veered left. The left wing contacted an iron pole which resulted in the acft rotating…

## 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 ('5870202')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 260))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=5870202&occurrence=260

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