# NTSB DEN72AD035: Mooney M20C, N9412V, Dugway, UT, February 4, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 4, 1972
- Place: Dugway, UT · DUGWAY, UT
- Location: 40.2307° N, 112.7541° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dugway, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2307&lon=-112.7541&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 13, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165463
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN72AD035
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN72AD035

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1797   72/2/4    DUGWAY,UT           MOONEY M20C         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 38, 189
        TIME - 1920                    N9412V              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 182 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ENGLISH VILLAGE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          CEDAR CITY,UT               DUGWAY,UT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER
        COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE
        REMARKS- PLT FLEW LOW OVER UNLTD RWY,ENTERED PATTERN.ENG CUT OUT THEN QUIT.LOST CTL.CO SOURCE UNDETERMINED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9412V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9412V-1972-03-22), registration cancelled 1972-03-22, S/N 700037 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Registry model: [Mooney M20C](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (registry code 5870208) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: English Village

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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