Mooney M20J accident near Canton, MA
On June 4, 2007, a Mooney M20J (airplane) was involved in an accident near Canton, MA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- June 4, 2007
- Place
- Canton, MA
- Aircraft
- Mooney M20J · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 42.175°N, 71.164°W
- NTSB ID
- 20070614X00725
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 4, 2007, at 1011 eastern daylight time, a Mooney M20J, N4126H, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain in Canton, Massachusetts, while on an approach to Norwood Memorial Airport (OWD), Norwood, Massachusetts. The certificated private pilot was fatally injured. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight that departed Sky Manor Airport (N40), Pittstown, New Jersey, about 0800. An instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the personal flight conducted under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. According to data from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the pilot received a weather briefing and filed an IFR flight plan via Data User Access Terminal (DUATs). The flight proceeded uneventfully to the Norwood, Massachusetts, area. The pilot was in radio contact with Boston Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON), and then the Norwood air traffic control tower. At 0954, the Boston TRACON controller told the pilot to expect the localizer runway 35 approach, with a circle to land on runway 10 at OWD. The pilot acknowledged the transmission, and subsequently advised the controller that she had the current automated terminal information system (ATIS) information, "Lima." At 1006, the TRACON controller provided a vector of 230 degrees, advised that the airplane was 4 miles from STOGE intersection, instructed the pilot to maintain an altitude of 2,000 feet mean sea level (msl), and issued a clearance for the localizer runway 35 approach, circle to land on runway 10. The pilot acknowledged the clearance. At 100
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent impact with terrain.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
