# NTSB investigations: Mooney M20K, 1983

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 LAX83LA468](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA468.md): Mooney M20K · Essex, CA · Accident · 3 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 6, 1983 · N3624H · Destroyed
  > An in-flight loss of control for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB ATL83LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA204.md): Mooney M20K · Mitchellville, MD · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 29, 1983 · N9872Q · Substantial damage
  > The acft collided with a chain link fence and a dirt bank on the final approach just prior to touchdown. The fence was about a foot and a half higher than the dirt and the dirt bank was aprx an equal height above the runway. The plt had flown through rain…
- [NTSB NYC83FA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA121.md): Mooney M-20K · Old Lyme, CT · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 20, 1983 · N231HT · Destroyed
  > The acft collided with the ground in IMC after the plt reported he lost his vacuum instruments. The flt originated at mattituck, NY with a destination of lebanon, NH. After departure the plt was cleared to climb to 7000 ft. the instrumentrated pilot was on an…
- [NTSB MKC83LA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA092.md): Mooney M20K · Trenton, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 20, 1983 · N231KV · Substantial damage
  > The acft was climbing through 11500 to 12000 ft MSL when the engine made a loud noise followed by a lurch. The oil pressure dropped to zero and the engine developed a roughness. The plt said he shut the engine down at this time, the plt advised denver ARTCC…
- [NTSB SEA83FYM04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83FYM04.md): Mooney M20K · Dufur, OR · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jan 24, 1983 · N97429 · Substantial damage
  > The aircraft collided with an irrigation pipe line and fence during rollout of a forced landing after engine failure. The engine stopped while the aircraft was cruising en route. The pilot remained in radio contact throughout the emergency and landed in a…

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 1983
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('5870220'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=5870220&year=1983

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