# NTSB investigations: Mooney M-20G: Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical

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 MIA06LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06LA109.md): Mooney M20G · Lantana, FL · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 18, 2006 · N12RH · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, which resulted in a loss of engine power during initial climb due to water contamination in the fuel. Contributing factors were the deteriorated fuel cap o-ring and the pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed.
- [NTSB MIA99LA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA100.md): Mooney 20G · Naples, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 6, 1999 · N3588X · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's improper procedure by not placing the fuel selector on the tank with the most fuel, which resulted in fuel starvation and a off airport forced landing. Contributing factors in this accident were the pilot's inadequate pre-flight and in-flight…
- [NTSB BFO94LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94LA149.md): Mooney M20G · Bowling Green, OH · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 24, 1994 · N3916N · Substantial damage
  > fuel exhaustion for undetermined reason(s), which resulted in loss of engine power and a subsequent forced landing. A factor relating to the accident was: faulty fuel quantity gauge/system.
- [NTSB CHI85LA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA207.md): Mooney M-20G · Bessemer, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 24, 1985 · N3910N · Substantial damage
  > The pilot felt he had enough fuel for the planned trip. Prior to reaching his destination the engine lost power & would not restart using either fuel tank. The pilot failed to lower the landing gear prior to landing on a road. The acft struck a utility pole…
- [NTSB SEA84LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA166.md): Mooney M-20C · Chiloquin, OR · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 7, 1984 · N6931N · Substantial damage
  > The acft stalled and crashed during a forced landing after the engine quit. The acft had only been airborne for about 5 minutes. The plt told FAA inspectors he was going to get fuel. He stated that the left tank had less than 1/4 tank and 'a small ammount' in…

## 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 ('5870216')
    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" = 353))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=5870216&occurrence=353

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