Mooney

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    Chilean Crash Kills 4

    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 Air Force Search and Rescue (two Chilean air force planes and a helicopter) in La Cachimba valley, 22 km from La Serena.

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    Two In One Day

    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
    Where: Healdsburg Municipal Airport
    When: 4:55 p.m
    Who: pilot
    Why: Right after take-off, the Mooney went to partial power, passed a home and powerlines, then skidded on its belly into the vineyard where this Mooney also crash-landed on grapevines by the Mazzocco Winery

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    DeKalb County Crash kills Two

    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.

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    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 west side of Rio Linda Airport . On crashing on the speedway, the plane caught fire. The plane’s owner, Dave Michaud, was an on-call reserve deputy, formerly a C-5 Flight Engineer in the 301st Airlift Squadron at Travis.

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    Mooney Crashes in Elbert Colorado


    What: MOONEY M20C registered to ALPHA AVIATION INC
    Where: ELBERT, CO in the 28000 block of Elbert Road, between Kiowa and Elbert.
    When: 02/01/2009
    Who: Pilot Gary Williams of Highlands Ranch, Colo.
    Why: The plane nosedived into a creek late Sunday morning killing the pilot. The crash is under investigation by the NTSB

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    Mooney Goes Down on Stuart Powell Field


    What: 1967 Mooney Executive 21 en route from Boyle County KY Miami Fla
    Where: Boyle County KY
    When: 2:30 Saturday
    Who: pilot 38-year old Bruce Bennett of Nicholasville, his wife and son
    Why: After taking off from Stuart Powell Field and retracting the landing gear, the plane slid into the grass median between runways. The accident was due to high winds. There were no injuries.

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    Bloodied Pilot survives Florida Crash


    What: Mooney M-20G registered to Wendy Taber, of Greenacres, and co-owners Gerald Taber and Jim McAlister. The flight came down while en route from Lantana to Titusville
    Where: near Englar Drive and Harris Road, Indian River County
    When: Midnight Friday
    Who: Injured pilot was taken to the Sebastian River Medical Center, and is in stable condition. He does not recall the crash, but bruised and bloody walked a quarter of a mile to a residence to make a call to 911.
    Why: Under Investigation. The plane apparently clipped trees coming down, breaking the wings off the intact fuselage.

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    Mooney Crashes in Wallace

    What: a Mooney 20 en route to NJ. Plane registered to Raymond Conley of Sarasota, Florida.
    Where: about a mile from Wallace Airport in a wooded area near the Duplin-Pender county line.
    When: just before 11:00 a.m. Tuesday
    Who: unnamed pilot reportedly 80 years old and airlifted to New Hanover Regional Medical Center
    Why: The plane crashed shortly following takeoff.