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San Antonio Family Flight Crashes in Angel Fire

Monday, March 4, 2013
By George Hatcher

A Verhalen Flyers LLC Mooney M20E Super 21 en route from Angel Fire Airport with a family aboard was taking off in windy conditions when it crashed two hundred feet from the runway. The cause of the crash is unknown but officials point out the windy conditions which are visible in the video below.... »

Mooney Sustains Landing Gear Crunch On Rotterdam Landing

Tuesday, February 12, 2013
By George Hatcher
Mooney Sustains Landing Gear Crunch On Rotterdam Landing

A Mooney M20J/205 MSE was landing at Rotterdam/The Hague airport when it suffered an accident. The plane stopped off of hard pavement on soft ground with damaged landing gear. No one aboard the plane suffered any injury. A crane was employed to recover the plane. The official statement is that the accident was due... »

Refuel Stop Crash in Warsaw Indiana

Monday, January 28, 2013
By George Hatcher
Refuel Stop Crash in Warsaw Indiana

On 27-JAN-2013, a Mooney M20J/201 en route from Ohio to Michigan made a crash landing at Warsaw Municipal Airport in Indiana when it bounced in crosswinds, crossed a runway and crashed barriers. Pilot Thomas Kowalczk and his son Brian Kowalczk had gotten parts in Port Clinton, Michigan and Lapier, Michigan and had stopped in... »

Mooney Fails Take Off

Wednesday, December 12, 2012
By George Hatcher

What: Mooney M20F Executive Where: Stockton, CA When: Dec 12, 2012 Who: 1 aboard Why: The Mooney flight experienced a runway overrun during an attempted takeoff at Stockton Metropolitan Airport. IDENTIFICATION Regis#: 7183V Make/Model: MO20 Description: M20, M20A/B/C/D/E/F/G/J/L/R/S, M20K/M (T Date: 12/12/2012 Time: 0011 Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing:... »

Plane crashes in German Meadow

Monday, October 22, 2012
By George Hatcher

What: Mooney M20E Super 21 Where: Speichersdorf, Germany When: Oct 21, 2012 Who: 2 fatalities Why: 48-year-old pilot from the Erlangen-Hochstadt and his 53 year old passenger died in a crash. THe plane crashed into a meadow shortly after takeoff. Emergency services arrived quickly but could not resuscitate the victims.The representative from the Federal... »

Mooney M20C Lands at Island Road and Sheridan Street

Wednesday, May 23, 2012
By George Hatcher
Mooney M20C Lands at  Island Road and Sheridan Street

What: 1965 Mooney M20C en route from Baldwin County Georgia to North Perry Airport, Pembroke Pines Where: Sheridan Street in Cooper City Florida When: May 19, 2012 Who: Pilot and passenger Why: The pilot who experienced engine trouble managed to force-land on Sheridan street, only clipping his wings on the tree-lined street. No injuries... »

Chilean Crash Kills 4

Tuesday, January 12, 2010
By George Hatcher

What: single-engine Mooney plane en route from La Serena to Santiago. Where: 474 km north of the Chilean capital of Santiago When: Jan 11, 2010 Who: 4 fatalities (pilot and 3 businessmen) Why: The light plane crashed for unknown reasons. A beacon initially led searchers to Chicurea but the wreckage was found by Chile’s... »

Two In One Day

Friday, May 22, 2009
By George Hatcher

What: experimental plane Where: Healdsburg Municipal Airport When: Thursday, May 21 10:58 a.m. Who: Pilot Why: A quartering wind caused the pilot to veer off the runway and into the Funsten Ranch vineyard grape vines. Plane owner/pilot was not injured when his homebuilt crashed. Then…a mere six hours later…same place… What: low-wing, single-engine Mooney... »

DeKalb County Crash kills Two

Monday, April 13, 2009
By George Hatcher

What: 1946-era single-engine fixed aircraft listed as a “model 415 C ERCOUP/ MOONEY A-2 AIRCOUPE” Where: corn field near the city of Sandwich When: 04/11/2009 1:49 p.m. Who: 53-year-old Randall Hougham of Sandwich, who was flying the plane, and 22-year-old passenger Lauren Hamilton, also of Sandwich died in the crash Why: Circumstances are unknown. »

Mooney Crash on the Roy Hayer Memorial Speedway

Monday, March 2, 2009
By George Hatcher
Mooney Crash on the Roy Hayer Memorial Speedway

Pictured: a Mooney M-20E Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Tony Zeljeznjak What: MOONEY M20E registered to David Michaud Where: on the west side of Rio Linda airport, Sacramento Ca, Roy Hayer Memorial Speedway When: 02/28/2009 Who: 2 on board were fatally injured Why: The Mooney M2OE crashed on the... »

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