# NTSB CHI67D0169: Mooney M20, N6528B, Lombard, IL, August 20, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 20, 1966
- Place: Lombard, IL · LOMBARD, IL
- Location: 41.8738° N, 88.0155° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lombard, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8738&lon=-88.0155&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 31, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 121657
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI67D0169
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI67D0169

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2430  66/8/20    LOMBARD ILL         MOONEY M20          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 40, 686
        TIME - 1600                    N6528B              PX-  0  0  4  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 309 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - YORK TOWNSHIP
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6528B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6528B-1975-07-30), registration cancelled 1975-07-30, S/N 1195 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20
- Registry model: [Mooney M20](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20) (registry code 5870202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: York Township

## Other investigations on N6528B (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 LAX75DUJ93](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75DUJ93), Jun 13, 1975: Mooney M20 (N6528B), Chambers, AZ, 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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