# Accident 19751012038689A: Mooney M20C, St Charles, MO, October 12, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 1975
- Place: St Charles, MO
- Airport: St Charles
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 38.8487° N, 90.5001° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at St Charles Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8487&lon=-90.5001&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6050Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6050Q-1976-01-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,052 total, 1,052 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76AK027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76AK027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751012038689A

## Narrative

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

STEEP BANK AT LOW ALT.

## 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 MKC76AK027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76AK027), Oct 12, 1975: Mooney M20C (N6050Q), St Charles, MO, destroyed, 2 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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