NTSB investigations: Mooney M20J

11 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Mooney M20J, where the first occurrence was “Hard landing”. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.

Cases per year

19852026
NTSB investigations: Mooney M20J per year, 1985–2026: 11 cases
19851
19881
19921
19941
19951
19961
19971
20012
20041
20061

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duckdb -csv -c "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\" = 200))
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB LAX06CA297Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportMooney M20J · Temecula, CAThe pilot's failure to flare that resulted in a hard landing.Sep 17, 2006 · N1157N · Substantial damageNTSB CHI04CA222Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportMooney M20J · Huntington, INThe pilot's inadequate flare and unsuccessful recovery from a bounced landing, and the pilot's and flight instructor's failure to maintain directional control and airspeed during the subsequent aborted landing, which resulted in a stall. A factor was the…Aug 11, 2004 · N201AM · Substantial damageNTSB NYC01LA186Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMooney M20J · Mitchellville, MDThe flight instructor's failure to maintain control of the airplane during an aborted landing, and her delay in remedial action. A factor related to the accident was the excessive trim setting.Jul 23, 2001 · N4223H · Substantial damageNTSB LAX01LA203Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMooney M20J · Jackson, CAFailure of the pilot to maintain proper airspeed for landing and airplane control with an existing crosswind. A contributing factor was the distraction of the pilot by a yelling passenger.Jun 9, 2001 · N4235H · Substantial damageNTSB ATL98LA016Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMooney M20J · Summerland Key, FLthe pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions and failure to flare the airplane for landing. The gusty crosswind was a related factor.Nov 26, 1997 · N201LY · Substantial damageNTSB LAX97FA050Accident · 3 fatalField investigationFinal reportMooney M20J · Scottsdale, AZthe pilot misjudged the landing flare and failed to maintain directional control after a hard bounced landing.Nov 22, 1996 · N5766K · DestroyedNTSB NYC95LA154Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMooney M20J · Belmar, NJThe student pilot's (1) misjudged flare (2) inadequate recovery from a bounced landing (3) failure to maintain directional control and the certified flight instructor's inadequate supervision.Jul 11, 1995 · N43JA · Substantial damageNTSB ATL94LA176Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMooney M20J · Chamblee, GAThe pilot's improper flare that resulted a in hard landing, followed by his improper recovery from a bounced landing, and his failure to maintain directional control during the attempted go- around.Sep 22, 1994 · N97136 · Substantial damageNTSB LAX93LA049Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMooney M20J · Santa Ana, CAThe pilot's improper landing flare, his improper bounced landing recovery technique, and his inadvertent entry into a stall mush condition.Nov 21, 1992 · N4766H · Substantial damageNTSB CHI88LA154Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMooney M20J · Thief Rvr Falls, MNJul 5, 1988 · N11652 · Substantial damageNTSB LAX85LA265Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMooney M20J · Rialto, CAAt the conclusion of a nearly 5 hours long non stop flight from NM to CA, the pilot attempted to land at an uncontroll-ed airport. The pilot acknowledged that the aircraft's finalapproach speed was excessive, and after the aircraft toucheddown it bounced off…May 31, 1985 · N3721H · Substantial damage