# NTSB CHI70F0261: SMJ Mavrick I, N6417, Mooresville, IN, September 20, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 20, 1969
- Place: Mooresville, IN · MOORESVILLE, IN
- Location: 39.6025° N, 86.3687° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mooresville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6025&lon=-86.3687&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 8, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 151346
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI70F0261
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI70F0261

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4068  69/9/20    MOORESVILLE,IND     SMJ MAVRICK I       CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 26, 1149
        TIME - 1520                    N6417               PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - KELLY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MOORESVILLE,IND             LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT
           AIRFRAME - WINGS: OTHER
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        REMARKS- PLT HAD 15MIN IN ACFT.AFT 2ND ROLL TO L,L WG FOLDED UP 90DEG JUST OUTBOARD OF STRUTS.NO PARACHUTE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6417 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SMJ MAVRICK I
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Kelly

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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