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| Date: | Friday 21 November 2025 |
| Time: | c. 22:18 LT |
| Type: |  Mooney M20E Super 21 |
| Owner/operator: | Joy of Flight LLC |
| Registration: | N523MW |
| MSN: | 670013 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Houston, TX -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Houston-West Houston Airport, TX (IWS/KIWS) |
| Midland Airpark, TX (MDD/KMDD) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A Mooney M20E Super 21, N523MW, sustained substantial damage in a forced landing in a field following a loss of engine power near Houston, Texas.
The sole pilot was not injured.
Sources:
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2025/11/21/pilot-walks-away-uninjured-after-emergency-landing-in-field-near-grand-parkway/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/small-plane-makes-emergency-landing-133026730.html
FAA ASIAS
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=523MW
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N523MW/history/20251121/0345Z/KIWS/L%2029.89774%20-95.75499
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a6953b&lat=29.903&lon=-95.764&zoom=14.5&showTrace=2025-11-21&trackLabels
https://photos.flightaware.com/photos/retriever/6c7f2c78783db9a7890b9ad09f823b92ab520f5f (photo)
History of this aircraft
Ex N3220F Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 June 2003 | N3220F | Private | 0 | Guilford, Ohio | |
sub |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Nov-2025 12:07 | Anon. | Added |
| 21-Nov-2025 13:33 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 21-Nov-2025 16:55 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 21-Nov-2025 16:58 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Nov-2025 06:37 | RobertMB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Nov-2025 07:10 | RobertMB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 25-Nov-2025 11:04 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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