# NTSB investigations: Mooney M20A, 1985

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 LAX85LA334](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA334.md): Mooney M20A · Compton, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 20, 1985 · N8141E · Substantial damage
  > The student plt had a total of 36 flight hrs which included 9.4 hrs in the monney acft. He had been authorized by his CFI, who flew with him the preceding day, to practice landing. On the student's first attempted ldg, he touched down hard & began porpoising.…
- [NTSB FTW85LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA172.md): Mooney M20A · Austin, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 2, 1985 · N8121E · Substantial damage
  > The 86 hr private plt landed at a ranch and ran off the end of the rwy into rough terrain. A go around was not attempted.

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 1985
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('5870204'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=5870204&year=1985

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