# Accident 19770303033879A: Mooney M20E, St Charles, IL, March 3, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1977
- Place: St Charles, IL
- Airport: Dupage Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Location: 41.9071° N, 88.2480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUPAGE (DPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9071&lon=-88.2480&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1947Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1947Y-1977-12-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 665 total, 64 in this make and model, 143 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI77FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770303033879A

## Narrative

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

FLT ADVSD OF GS PRBLM AFTER FIRST MSD APP TWR CLSD AND RAIL AND REIL TND OFF DRG SCND APP

## 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 CHI77FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FA033), Mar 3, 1977: Mooney M20E (N1947Y), St Charles, IL, 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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