# NTSB investigations: Mooney M20F: 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 NYC08CA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA067.md): Mooney M20F · Carrollton, GA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Dec 22, 2007 · N9371M · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's descent below the glidepath during the approach, which resulted in a collision with terrain. Contributing factors included the pilot's diverted attention, pilot fatigue, and the night lighting conditions.
- [NTSB SEA06CA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA129.md): Mooney M-20F · Summit, UT · Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 25, 2006 · N2987L · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the terrain during a climb. Encounter with a severe downdraft, and mountainous terrain were factors.
- [NTSB SEA92FA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92FA101.md): Mooney M20F · Glendive, MT · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 17, 1992 · N2920L · Destroyed
  > An excessive rate of descent, and the pilot's overconfidence in himself and the aircraft.
- [NTSB FTW90LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90LA112.md): Mooney M-20F · Aledo, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 31, 1990 · N6873V · Destroyed
  > Inadequate preflight planning/preparation, in as much as the performance data was not used by the pilot in command. Factors were the high density altitude, inadequate airspeed, and premature liftoff.
- [NTSB DEN87FA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87FA167.md): Mooney M20F · Mitchell, SD · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 4, 1987 · N6933V · Destroyed
  > This non-licensed plt made an unauthorized flt at night. The acft crashed one half mile north of the arpt. The occupant of the acft was fatally injured. No records of the plt's flt experience was found.
- [NTSB BFO86FA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO86FA050.md): Mooney M20F · Leesburg, VA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 29, 1986 · N6443Q · Destroyed
  > Drg arrival, the plt was clrd for a VOR rwy 35 apch. Also, he was advised that there were problems with the rwy lights &that other plts had made missed apchs that evening due to dim arpt lighting. He was then clrd to UNICOM freq & told to cancel his IFR clnc…
- [NTSB NYC86LA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA186.md): Mooney M20F · West Milford, NJ · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 21, 1986 · N7040V · Destroyed
  > Drg the landing roll, the plt believed there was insufficient braking, so he initiated a go-around. He rprtd that on climb-out, the tail of the acft impacted a 'hill.' The acft then crashed nose down & was destroyed. No preimpact part failure or malfunction…
- [NTSB SEA85LA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA161.md): Mooney M20-F · Salem, OR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 11, 1985 · N6879V · Substantial damage
  > The acft was substantially damaged during an inadvertant gear-up landing. Inspection of the acft revealed the landing gear circuit breaker was popped. When functionally tested, the landing gear operated normally. The gear warning horn was found to be…
- [NTSB ATL83LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA030.md): Mooney M20F · Talladega, AL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 13, 1982 · N6861V · Substantial damage
  > Pilot forgot to extend landing gear.
- [NTSB CHI82DA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA204.md): Mooney M20F · Plainwell, MI · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jun 5, 1982 · N9577M · Substantial damage
  > The pilot reported that when he entered the traffic pattern, the radios did not work. He stated that he had his mind on this problem and did not put the gear down. Also, he reported that on downwind, the gear warning horn did not work, and subsequently, 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 ('5870214')
    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=5870214&occurrence=230

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