# NTSB investigations: Mooney M20K: 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 DEN04FA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04FA079.md): Mooney M20K · Pinedale, WY · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 23, 2004 · N231DL · Destroyed > The pilot's inadvertent flight into adverse weather conditions, and his failure to maintain terrain clearance while maneuvering. Contributing factors were the downdraft, the snow shower weather and mountainous terrain. - [NTSB LAX03LA276](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA276.md): Mooney M20K · Novato, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 2, 2003 · N252AK · Substantial damage > The pilot's decision to attempt VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions during the dark early morning takeoff, which resulted in spatial disorientation and lead to a collision with trees off the departure end of the runway. - [NTSB DEN01FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01FA027.md): Mooney M20K · Ogden, UT · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 15, 2000 · N5772C · Destroyed > the pilot's inadvertent VFR flight into IMC, which resulted in a collision with mountainous terrain. Contributing factors were the blowing snow, turbulence, dark night light conditions, and pilot fatigue due to the long flight day. - [NTSB LAX96FA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96FA294.md): Mooney M20K · Grand Canyon, AZ · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 2, 1996 · N4634H · Destroyed > due to an in-flight loss of control resulting from a probable incapacitation for unknown reasons. The loss of control occurred while the aircraft was being flown in close proximity to a level 6 thunderstorm. The failure of the pilot to obtain current weather… - [NTSB SEA94FA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA94FA060.md): Mooney M20K · Applegate, OR · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 11, 1994 · N1093M · Substantial damage > Poor in-flight planning/decision and icing conditions. Factors to the accident were: selected flight into known adverse weather, dark night, and mountainous terrain. - [NTSB CHI91LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA071.md): Mooney M20K · Fayette, MO · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 15, 1991 · N5809A · Destroyed > The failure of the pilot to maintain control of the airplane. Factors were the pilot's overconfidence in his personal ability, and flight into known adverse weather. - [NTSB MKC89LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89LA053.md): Mooney M20 · Malmo, MN · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 15, 1989 · N4096H · Destroyed > The pilot's inadvertent VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), which resulted in his loss of aircraft control, due spatial disorientation. A related factor to the accident was: the adverse weather condition. - [NTSB NYC86FA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86FA133.md): Mooney M20K · West Milford, NJ · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 23, 1986 · N97299 · Destroyed > While on an IFR flight the aircraft entered an area of thunderstorms, lost control of the aircraft and crashed. In an attempt to circumnavigate the storms the plt inadvertently entered a storm and collided with the ground in an uncontrolled descent. The plts… - [NTSB FTW84LA341](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA341.md): Mooney M20 · Thibodaux, LA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 6, 1984 · N3594H · Substantial damage > At 0729 CDT the plt filed a flight plan and obtained a wx brief forecasting moist unstable air with several scattered and broken cloud layers beginning at 1,500 ft. the briefer further advised the plt of thunderstorm activity at various locations along the… - [NTSB DEN84FA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84FA107.md): Mooney M20K · Craig, CO · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 10, 1984 · N231F · Destroyed > Witnesses observed & heard the plt making an apch & subsequent go-around or pass over the ground at the arpt. Heavy fog conditions existed which were below IFR minimums. The plt failed to realize higher terrain exsisted north of the arpt. The acft collided… - [NTSB SEA83FA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83FA196.md): Mooney M-20 · Sandy, OR · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 14, 1982 · N231AW · Destroyed > The acft crashed into rising terrain in marginal weather conditions. No flt plan had been filed. The acft crashed 25 miles from the takeoff point on 6/12/82 and was missing until 9/9/83. The pilot had received a weather briefing from portland fss indicating… - [NTSB FTW82FQD10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FQD10.md): Mooney M20K · Van Horn, TX · Accident · 4 fatal · Final report · Apr 23, 1982 · N99996 · Destroyed > N99996 departed riverside, CA on a flight to nacogdoches, TX the aircraft made a refueling stop in deming, NM, the last known en route position. The left seat pilot held a pvt certificate, the right seat pilot was a former FAA designated pilot examiner.… ## 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 ('5870220') 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=5870220&occurrence=240 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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