# NTSB CHI66A0019: Mooney M-20C, N6701U, Beloit, WI, August 20, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 20, 1965
- Place: Beloit, WI · BELOIT, WI
- Location: 42.5235° N, 89.0177° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beloit, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5235&lon=-89.0177&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 11, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 176397
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI66A0019
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66A0019

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0735  65/8/20    BELOIT,WIS.         MOONEY M-20C        CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 33, 396
        TIME - 2005                    N6701U              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 270 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6701U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6701U-1965-09-24), registration cancelled 1965-09-24, S/N 2433 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M-20C
- Registry model: [Mooney M20C](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (registry code 5870208) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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.

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