# NTSB CHI69F0614: Mooney M20B, N74549, Lake City, MI, May 4, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 4, 1969
- Place: Lake City, MI · LAKE CITY, MI
- Location: 44.3297° N, 85.2085° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake City, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3297&lon=-85.2085&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 25, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182294
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI69F0614
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69F0614

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1126   69/5/4    LAKE CITY,MICH      MOONEY M20B         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 37, 160
        TIME - 1620                    N74549              PX-  0  0  1  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 82 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HOME ACRES
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
           MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
        REMARKS- LANDED HALF WAY DOWN RNWY. INTNTL GROUND LOOP TO AVOID BARRELS AT END OF RNWY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N74549](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N74549), registered now, S/N 1914, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20B
- Registry model: [Mooney M20B](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20b) (registry code 5870206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Home Acres

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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