# Accident 19750214005949A: Mooney M20E, Chadron, NE, February 14, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 1975
- Place: Chadron, NE
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 42.8260° N, 103.0025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chadron, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8260&lon=-103.0025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5793Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5793Q-1975-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 3,073 total, 185 in this make and model, 146 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC75AK043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75AK043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750214005949A

## Narrative

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

RCVRY DATE 2/15/75.HIT BUTTE 10MI SSW,4700FT MSL.MISSED APCH PROC CALLED FOR CLIMB TO 6200FT.

## 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 MKC75AK043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75AK043), Feb 14, 1975: Mooney M20E (N5793Q), Chadron, NE, destroyed, 4 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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