Mooney M20J accident near Ironton, OH
On April 17, 2026, a Mooney M20J (airplane) was involved in an accident near Ironton, OH. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- April 17, 2026
- Place
- Ironton, OH
- Aircraft
- Mooney M20J · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 38.572°N, 82.808°W
- NTSB ID
- 20260417202840
NTSB summary
On April 17, 2026, about 1414 eastern daylight time, a Mooney M20J, N205MK, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Ironton, Ohio. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. Airport security video captured a portion of the takeoff roll from runway 28 at Ashland Regional Airport (DWU), Ashland, Kentucky, followed by rotation about 3,218 ft before the departure end of the runway. A pilot-rated witness who was sitting on a bench outside the door of a fixed-base operator reported that after the airplane rotated it flew in ground effect with the landing gear retracted. He added that the airplane was, “not really climbing”, which he thought was odd, but the flight “did climb some” when it reached the departure end of the runway, but not as much as he expected. He then lost sight of the airplane. After takeoff, the flight proceeded in a westerly direction flying over the Ohio River. A security camera installed at a business on the north side of the Ohio river about 2 nautical miles from the departure end of runway 28, or about .3 nautical mile east of electrical powerlines that spanned the Ohio river captured the airplane flying for about 5 seconds at a low altitude with the landing gear retracted. DWU Virtower ADS-B data revealed that the airplane was flying at an altitude of about 600 ft mean sea level (msl), 130 knots ground speed, and descending at 300 ft per minute, immediately before the location of electrical transmission lines that crossed the Ohio River. Immediately after the e
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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.
