# NTSB DEN65A0052: Mooney M-20, N1365W, Estcliffe, CO, January 24, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 24, 1965
- Place: Estcliffe, CO · ESTCLIFFE, CO
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 18, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179897
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN65A0052
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN65A0052

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0603  65/1/24    ESTCLIFFE COL       MOONEY M-20         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 43, 600
        TIME - 1550                    N1365W              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 425 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)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - RAIN
           WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS
           WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  1500
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                     SNOW SHOWERS
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          BLOWING SNOW                                              36
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          200                                                       16
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      NONE
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-7/11/65.FLT AT 13500 FT 3.5 HRSW/OOXYGN.PLT REPORTED HE WAS GROGGY 1 HR BEFORE CEASH
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1365W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1365W-1965-08-16), registration cancelled 1965-08-16, S/N 2646 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M-20
- 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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