# NTSB investigations: Mooney M20J: In flight encounter with weather 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 DFW06FA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06FA193.md): Mooney M20J · Newellton, LA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 27, 2006 · N577RS · Destroyed > The pilot's continued flight into adverse weather conditions. Contributing factors were the prevailing thunderstorms, the dark night conditions, and Air Traffic Control's failure to issue hazardous weather information to the pilot. - [NTSB LAX01FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01FA023.md): Mooney M-20J · Wheaton Springs, CA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 23, 2000 · N40VF · Destroyed > The pilot's inadequate weather evaluation and attempted VFR flight into IMC, which resulted in the in-flight collision with mountainous terrain. - [NTSB NYC00FA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00FA118.md): Mooney M20J · Norton, VA · Accident · 5 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 21, 2000 · N5632H · Destroyed > The pilot's improper weather evaluation, which resulted in a loss of aircraft control. Factors in this accident were icing conditions, and aircraft loading which exceed the airplane's weight and balance limitations. - [NTSB FTW92LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92LA058.md): Mooney M20J · Austin, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 22, 1992 · N201YR · Substantial damage > The pilot's failure to maintain proper altitude. Factors were the pilot descending below the minimum descent altitude and not performing the briefed missed approach procedure along with the dark night, fog, drizzle, and low ceiling. - [NTSB BFO91FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO91FA061.md): Mooney M20J · Waynesboro, VA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 1, 1991 · N5809J · Destroyed > The pilots failure to maintain aircraft control which resulted in overstress of the airplane. Contributing was VFR flight into IMC and thunderstorms. - [NTSB FTW90FA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90FA093.md): Mooney M-20J · Inola, OK · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 10, 1990 · N526L · Destroyed > The pilot's decision to conduct the flight into known adverse weather and his inability to maintain control of the airplane due to spatial disorientation. Factors were the dark night conditions and thunderstorms. - [NTSB ATL89FA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89FA190.md): Mooney M20J · Suches, GA · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jul 21, 1989 · N205AG · Destroyed > The pilot elected to continue flight to the intended destination disregarding the recommendations of the in flight weather briefer. Contributing factor(s) was: the adverse weather conditions that existed at the time. - [NTSB LAX88FA297](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88FA297.md): Mooney M20J · Inyokern, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 24, 1988 · N5769Y · Destroyed > Pilots inflight loss of control after encountering a level four thunderstorm on a night VFR cross country. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to obtain a preflight weather briefing. - [NTSB MKC88LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA022.md): Mooney M20J · Springdale, AR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 28, 1987 · N201CQ · Substantial damage > Drg a wx briefing bfr tkof, the plt was adzd that VFR flt was not rcmdd due to low ceiling & icing conds. He was adzd the freezing lvl was forecast to be at 4000' over little rock & to slope down to the surface in se Missouri. Also, he was briefed on pireps… - [NTSB LAX87FA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87FA134.md): Mooney M20J · Weed, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 4, 1987 · N201LF · Destroyed > Before takeoff, the plt was adzd that strong head winds, mod to svr turbc, mtn obscurement, multiple layers of icing & deteriorating wx were forecast along his route of flt. He filed an IFR clnc & took off at 1115 PST. While en route, he reqd the medford wx &… - [NTSB CHI87LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA062.md): Mooney M20J · Kalamazoo, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 10, 1987 · N5632H · Substantial damage > After requesting clearance to Kalamazoo county airport (azo) due to icing problems, the plt was given radar vectors to the ILS runway 35 approach. Four minutes later the plt stated that it was 'probably going to be a dead stick landing.' When asked what he… - [NTSB LAX87FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87FA066.md): Mooney M20K · Flagstaff, AZ · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 20, 1986 · N4004H · Substantial damage > The pilot encountered clouds and temperatures below freezing during a cross country flight at 17,500 feet above mean sea level. The engine failed shortly after the encounter with the weather. The pilot was unable to restart the engine during the forced… - [NTSB ATL85FA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85FA157.md): Mooney M20J · Covington, TN · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 11, 1985 · N5765K · Destroyed > After takeoff, the flt progressed normally, except one ARTCC controller had difficulty communicating with the plt during the early part of the flt. After cruising at 11,000 ft for aprx 2 hrs, the plt obtained updated wx info & requested clearance to descend… - [NTSB LAX85FA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85FA073.md): Mooney M20J · Grand Canyon, AZ · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 16, 1984 · N4812H · Destroyed > The plt received a wx briefing and was advised of moderate rime and mixed icing in clouds. He filed an IFR flt plan and departed. While at 12000 ft, he reported encountering severe rime ice and requested a lower altitude. He stated thathe was trying to fling… - [NTSB NYC84LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA087.md): Mooney M20J · Bristol, PA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 16, 1984 · N201LU · Substantial damage > The acft encountered weather and head winds on a x-country flt. Nearing his destination after a long flt the plt was trying to let down VFR through breaks on the clouds when he realized the critical nature of his fuel level. A search foran arpt produced the… - [NTSB FTW84FA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84FA068.md): Mooney M20J · El Paso, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 22, 1983 · N201TH · Destroyed > The acft collided with the ground at 4380 ft MSL. The plt had called the control tower in El Paso and advised that he was at 8500 ft and would have to start descending due to weather in the area. The plt was VFR and no flt plan had been filed. He was advised… - [NTSB CHI83FA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83FA213.md): Mooney M-20-J-201 · Bloomington, IL · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 13, 1983 · N201GG · Destroyed > Prior to the accident, a witness heard the acft, then saw it for a short time thru an opening in the clouds. In his opinion, it was heading directly into a thunderstorm, which concerned him. He said that rain was falling, and about 10 min later, the… - [NTSB CHI82DA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA218.md): Mooney M20J · Duluth, MN · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Jun 20, 1982 · N201EC · Destroyed > Plt wx briefed at 2148 by kenora fss, ontario, Canada. Area & terminal forecasts indicated VFR conds to exist at Duluth. Subsequently, at 2151, Duluth arpt notamed closed, all rwy & approach lites out. The ILS rwy 9 g/s later went out of service, but not… - [NTSB MIA82FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82FA088.md): Mooney M2OJ · Ormond Beach, FL · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 29, 1982 · N1118R · Destroyed > The non-instrument rated pilot had filed for an IFR climb to vfr-on-top. He took off after receiving a clearance to the bulli intersection with instructions to maintain 9000 ft, if not vfr-on-top by that altitude. At 1720 EST, the pilot transmitted that he… ## 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" = 240)) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=5870219&occurrence=240 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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