Mooney M20A N6042X

27 July 1973 · Des Moines, Iowa, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 27 July 1973 at about 16:51 local time, a Mooney M20A registered N6042X was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Des Moines, Iowa, United States. 4 people were on board and one died, 3 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 27 July 1973 at 16:51
Classification: Accident
Location: Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Nearest airport: Des Moines Mun
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Mooney M20A
Registration: N6042X
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Vandalia, Ill
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2051

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	1	3	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

BOLT MISSING BETWEEN ELEV CNTRL YOKE AND FIRST LINK OF ELEV CONTROL TUBE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2051, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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