# NTSB investigations: Mooney M20J: 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 LAX07FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07FA080.md): Mooney M20J · Ranchita, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 4, 2007 · N201RV · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain terrain clearance during a cruise descent. Contributing to the accident were the dark night lighting conditions and the mountainous terrain. - [NTSB ATL05CA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA030.md): Mooney M20J · Statesville, NC · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Nov 27, 2004 · N2201 · Substantial damage > the flight instructors improper use of the flight controls on rotation during a short field takeoff resulting in the airplane becoming airborne, stall, and collision with the ground. A factor in the accident was the instructors failure to brief procedures for… - [NTSB DEN04FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04FA003.md): Mooney M20J · Grantsville, UT · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 4, 2003 · N201KM · Destroyed > the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate visual outlook during low level flight maneuvers that resulted in a collision with terrain. A contributing factor was the pilot's attention being diverted. - [NTSB IAD02LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD02LA070.md): Mooney M20J · Ocean City, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 4, 2002 · N58166 · Substantial damage > The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, and his inadequate compensation for wind. A factor was a wind gust. - [NTSB CHI02LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA154.md): Mooney M20J · Minneapolis, MN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 6, 2002 · N201Y · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft during an aborted landing. - [NTSB NYC01LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA191.md): Mooney M20J · East Greenwich, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 28, 2001 · N246JC · Substantial damage > The pilot's premature liftoff which resulted in an inadvertent stall. - [NTSB FTW98FA354](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA354.md): Mooney M20J · Centennial, WY · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 4, 1998 · N5698L · Destroyed > The pilot's disregard of information provided in weather briefs, and his flight into known adverse weather in mountainous terrain which resulted in an in-flight collision with a mountain. Factors were rain and low ceiling/visibility. - [NTSB LAX98FA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98FA050.md): Mooney M20J · Sedona, AZ · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 3, 1997 · N301JL · Destroyed > the failure of the pilot to maintain adequate terrain clearance during the climb. Contributing factors were dark night conditions, mountainous/hilly terrain, and mountain wave weather conditions. - [NTSB NYC94LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94LA049.md): Mooney M20J · Jones Beach, NY · Accident · 3 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 15, 1993 · N201TX · Destroyed > was the pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane, resulting in the airplane impacting with the water. Also casual in this accident was the pilot's total lack of experience in this type of aircraft, and operations. A factor in this accident was the… - [NTSB NYC91LA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA226.md): Mooney M20J · Nantucket, MA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 31, 1991 · N296TH · Destroyed > The pilot's descent below the ILS glide path and his delay in initiating a missed approach which resulted in collision with the terrain. - [NTSB NYC88LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA088.md): Mooney M20 · Morristown, NJ · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 20, 1988 · N5782E · Substantial damage > The Mooney crashed while on a ILS approach at night. The plt had been unable to get into two other airports due to weather and air traffic. The aircraft impacted in swampy area. The pilot had told ATC that he felt uneasy about his engine; however, he did not… - [NTSB FTW86FPA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86FPA05.md): Mooney MK20J · Gladewater, TX · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Nov 8, 1985 · N201QW · Substantial damage > During takeoff the headset wiring became tangled in the emergency gear extension handle which had been accidently activated. Then the normal gear handle was put in the up position, the emergency gear crank rotated pulling on the headset and the emergency gear… - [NTSB LAX85FA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85FA314.md): Mooney M20J · Antioch, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 11, 1985 · N201HU · Minor damage > The acft crashed into a reservoir shortly after departing the Antioch arpt. There were no eye witnesses to the crash. However, an ear witness stated that he heard the acft skipping along the water like the sound of a hydro-plane. He did not hear the eng, but… - [NTSB DEN83LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA173.md): Mooney M20J · Aurora, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 23, 1983 · N43CA · Substantial damage > The arpt had one asphalt rwy that was closed & another dirt rwy that was muddy. Therefore, the plt elected to takeoff on the parking ramp which was oriented in a north/south direction & was 1700 ft long. The plt did not consult the takeoff charts in his… - [NTSB ATL83FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83FA036.md): Mooney M20J · Sardis, AL · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 19, 1982 · N7201Y · Destroyed > The aircraft was on an IFR flight from memphis, TN to selma, AL. During arrival, he was cleared for an NDB approach to the craig airport. At that time, the weather was reported as measured 400 ft overcast, visibility 1/2 mi with fog. The weather minimums for… - [NTSB NYC82DA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA213.md): Mooney M20J · Matawan, NJ · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Aug 26, 1982 · N1156U · Substantial damage > The pilot stated that he had never been at this airport before. During arrival, he landed on runway 27 toward the setting sun with a crosswind from the left. He stated that he touched down firmly on the first 1/3 of the runway, then the aircraft floated… ## 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 ('5870219') 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=5870219&occurrence=230 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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