# NTSB CHI71AC074: Mooney M20E, N5544Q, Willoughby, OH, April 8, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 8, 1971
- Place: Willoughby, OH · WILLOUGHBY, OH
- Location: 41.6453° N, 81.4144° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Willoughby, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6453&lon=-81.4144&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 15, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 160766
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI71AC074
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI71AC074

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2826   71/4/8    WILLOUGHBY,OHIO     MOONEY M20E         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 60, UNK/NR
        TIME - 2038                    N5544Q              PX-  3  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LOST NATION
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          RICHMOND,IND                CLEVELAND,OHIO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        REMARKS- TWR OP SAW ACFT CIRCLE ARPT ABOUT 2000 FT AGL AND THEN DESCEND INTO LAKE. ACFT NOT RECOVERED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5544Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5544Q-1976-10-12), registration cancelled 1976-10-12, S/N 625 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Registry model: [Mooney M20E](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (registry code 5870212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Lost Nation

## Other investigations on N5544Q (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 MKC66F0260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC66F0260), Sep 14, 1965: Mooney M21 (N5544Q), Mitchell, SD, substantial damage

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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