# Accident 19730727022509A: Mooney M20D, Des Moines, IA, July 27, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1973
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Des Moines Mun
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 41.5340° N, 93.6631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DES MOINES INTL (DSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5340&lon=-93.6631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6042X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6042X-1973-10-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20A (registry code 5870204, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,590 total, 265 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74FCD05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74FCD05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730727022509A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC74FCD05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74FCD05), Jul 27, 1973: Mooney M20A (N6042X), Des Moines, IA, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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