# NTSB DEN69A0043: Mooney M20F, N9697M, Colorado Sps, CO, April 18, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 18, 1969
- Place: Colorado Sps, CO · COLORADO SPS, CO
- Location: 38.8339° N, 104.8214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colorado Springs, CO, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8339&lon=-104.8214&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 25, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 189156
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN69A0043
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN69A0043

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1077  69/4/18    COLORADO SPS,COLO   MOONEY M20F         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 572
        TIME - 1714                    N9697M              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FALCON
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9697M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9697M-1970-06-26), registration cancelled 1970-06-26, S/N 670244, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Registry model: [Mooney M20F](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (registry code 5870214) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Falcon

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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