# NTSB investigations: Mooney M20A: In flight collision with terrain/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 DEN02FA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02FA089.md): Mooney M20A · Marysvale, UT · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 9, 2002 · N1088B · Destroyed
  > the pilot's poor in-flight decision to fly so close to the ridge (looking for animals). Contributing factors were the mountainous terrain condition, the downdraft weather conditions in high mountains, and the high density altitude weather condition.
- [NTSB FTW90FA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90FA186.md): Mooney M20A · San Ysidro, NM · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 24, 1990 · N6054X · Destroyed
  > Failure of the pilot to maintain adequate terrain clearance during a night VFR flight. Darkness and mountainous terrain were related factors.
- [NTSB FTW82FRG28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRG28.md): Mooney M20A · San Antonio, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · May 2, 1982 · N7836C · Destroyed
  > During arrival, the pilot entered the traffic pattern for a landing on runway 30 with a 7 knot tailwind. On final approach, he was not satisfied with his pattern and elected to go-around. During the go-around and climb, a map and checklist fell into the…

## 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 ('5870204')
    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" = 230))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=5870204&occurrence=230

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