# NTSB LAX67A0002: Mooney M20C, N5907Q, Lake Havasu, AZ, July 6, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 6, 1966
- Place: Lake Havasu, AZ · LAKE HAVASU, AZ
- Location: 34.4839° N, 114.3225° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Havasu City, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4839&lon=-114.3225&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 22, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 171138
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX67A0002
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX67A0002

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0652   66/7/6    LAKE HAVASU ARIZ    MOONEY M20C         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 42, 75 TOTAL
        TIME - 2240                    N5907Q              PX-  3  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE HAVASU AIRPK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
           PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- AFTER T/O PLT PERMITTED ACFT TO STRIKE GRND ON UNLIGHTED SEC.OF ARPT.PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL 0.12 PERCNT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5907Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5907Q-2020-01-24), registration cancelled 2020-01-24, S/N 3162, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Registry model: [Mooney M20C](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (registry code 5870208) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Lake Havasu Airpk

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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