# NTSB investigations: Mooney M20A: Loss of engine power

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 FTW02LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA096.md): Mooney M20A · Norman, OK · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 16, 2002 · N8390E · Substantial damage
  > Maintenance personnel's improper clamp installation on the mixture control cable, which resulted in a loss of engine power.
- [NTSB CHI88LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA054.md): Mooney M20A · La Porte, IN · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 27, 1988 · N6072X · Substantial damage
  > The aircraft experienced a complete power failure and while the pilot was attempting to make an emergency landing ran through a fence and between two trees substantially damaging the aircraft. The pilot sustained minor injuries. Post acc invest revealed a…
- [NTSB LAX86LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA121.md): Mooney MK-20 · Phoenix, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 20, 1986 · N8135E · Destroyed
  > A Mooney mk 20 collided with the runway surface after an engine failure. The engine failed on climb at about 1500 feet AGL and would not restart. The aircraft returned to the airport and landed downwind. The landing gear collapsed and the aircraft skidded off…
- [NTSB FTW82FPD17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FPD17.md): Mooney M20 · Abilene, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Jul 30, 1982 · N8393E · Destroyed
  > At about 50-75 ft AGL after takeoff the eng quit. Both tanks contained adequate fuel & no eng malfunctions were found.

## 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" = 350))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=5870204&occurrence=350

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