# NTSB LAX67A0114: Mooney M20C, N3452X, Phoenix, AZ, June 8, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 8, 1967
- Place: Phoenix, AZ · PHOENIX, AZ
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 8, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 116788
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX67A0114
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX67A0114

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0230   67/6/8    PHOENIX,ARIZ        MOONEY M20C         CR-  1  0  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 42, 59 TOTAL
        TIME - 0615                    N3452X              PX-  0  0  0  TRAINING                  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DEER VALLEY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3452X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3452X-1970-04-14), registration cancelled 1970-04-14, S/N 670248 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Registry model: [Mooney M20F](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (registry code 5870214) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Deer Valley

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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