# NTSB investigations: Mooney M20F: 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 NYC06IA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06IA036.md): Mooney M20F · Cadiz, KY · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Nov 24, 2005 · N52DB · Minor damage
  > Fuel starvation, which resulted in a loss of engine power.
- [NTSB DFW05LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA033.md): Mooney M20F · Fabens, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 9, 2004 · N3208F · Substantial damage
  > The loss of engine power as a result of the failure of a connecting rod due to oil starvation/exhaustion. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
- [NTSB ATL04FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04FA061.md): Mooney 20F · Campobello, SC · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 28, 2003 · N2996L · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering for an emergency landing resulting in an inadvertent stall and a collision with trees and the ground during an uncontrolled descent. A factor in the accident was the pilot's inadequate preflight…
- [NTSB SEA03FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03FA025.md): Mooney M20F · Tacoma, WA · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 12, 2003 · N6442Q · Substantial damage
  > A loss of engine power during cruise flight due to fatigue failure of the crankshaft as a result of an inadequate quality of material during the manufacturing process. Trees were a factor.
- [NTSB LAX99LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA035.md): Mooney M20F · Upland, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 19, 1998 · N3500X · Destroyed
  > Loss of engine power due to water contaminated fuel and the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection of the airplane. A factor was the failure of the owner/pilot to properly maintain the airplane.
- [NTSB MIA98LA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA227.md): Mooney M-20F · Rockhill, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 16, 1998 · N6411Q · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate fuel management which led to fuel exhaustion.
- [NTSB NYC96LA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA186.md): Mooney M20K · Islip, NY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 21, 1996 · N3375X · Substantial damage
  > loss of engine power for undetermined reason(s), which resulted in an emergency/wheels-up landing.
- [NTSB LAX89FA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89FA133.md): Mooney M20F · San Andreas, CA · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 26, 1989 · N9379M · Destroyed
  > Interruption of engine power for an undetermined reason, and failue of the pilot to maintain airspeed, which resulted in a stall/spin. A factor related to the accident was: lack of altitude to recover from the stall/spin.
- [NTSB ATL88FA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88FA174.md): Mooney M20F · Middlesboro, KY · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 14, 1988 · N9654M · Substantial damage
  > Witnesses rprted the eng did not sound like it was providing full power drg takeoff & that abt 3/4 of the 3600' rwy was used for the takeoff roll. After lift-off, the acft climbed at a shallow angle to abt 250 to 300 ft AGL. It then entereda shallow left…
- [NTSB SEA83LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA195.md): Mooney M20-F · Seattle, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 3, 1983 · N3525X · Destroyed
  > The plt stated he experienced a complete power loss while flying over puget sound at 700 ft. the acft sank & was not recovered.
- [NTSB SEA82DA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA039.md): Mooney M20F · Maupin, OR · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Mar 18, 1982 · N6879V · Substantial damage
  > The pilot reported that the engine lost power during takeoff after he raised the gear and flaps. He stated that he lowered the nose and the stall warning buzzer sounded, but he was unable to obtain the necessary airspeed. He stated that the power began to…

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

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=5870214&occurrence=350

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