# Accident 20050730016779A: Mooney M20C, Natchez, MS, July 30, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2005, 10:45 local time
- Place: Natchez, MS
- Airport: Adams County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.6122° N, 91.2978° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6122&lon=-91.2978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6555U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6555U-2017-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 108 total, 3 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA05FA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05FA139) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050730016779A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 30, 2005, AT ABOUT 1045 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A MOONEY M20C, N6555U, WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES. THE FLIGHT HAD ARRIVED AT THE NATCHEZ AIRPORT FROM KICAPOO DOWNTOWN AIRPORT, WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS WITH THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REFUELED AND THE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS TAXIED OUT OF THE RAMP FOR DEPARTURE BACK TO WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 31 AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED WEST OF THE RUNWAY. THE RETURN FLIGHT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES.

## 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 MIA05FA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05FA139), Jul 30, 2005: Mooney M20C (N6555U), Natchez, MS, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the initial climb after takeoff, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent uncontrolled descent to ground impact. A contributing…

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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