# Accident 19740906040969A: Cessna 500CESSNA, Mineral Wells, TX, September 6, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1974
- Place: Mineral Wells, TX
- Airport: Mineral Wells Mun
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 32.7816° N, 98.0602° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MINERAL WELLS RGNL (MWL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7816&lon=-98.0602&mi=10
- Aircraft: N589CC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 500CESSNA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,157 total, 130 in this make and model, 146 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW75FPD05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75FPD05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740906040969A

## Narrative

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

LND 1/3 DWN RWY,BEGAN GO ARND.R ENG LOST PWR,IP CONT TKOF.ROTATED BLO TKOF SPEED.ACFT SETTLED.

## 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 FTW75FPD05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75FPD05), Sep 6, 1974: Cessna 500 (N589CC), Mineral Wells, TX, substantial damage

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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