# NTSB LAX70D0109: Mooney M20A, N8365E, Wenden, AZ, August 28, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 28, 1969
- Place: Wenden, AZ · WENDEN, AZ
- Location: 33.8325° N, 113.5432° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wenden, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8325&lon=-113.5432&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 29, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 155201
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX70D0109
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX70D0109

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3809  69/8/28    WENDEN,ARIZ         MOONEY M20A         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 43, 2000
        TIME - 1145                    N8365E              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 32 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          NOGALES,ARIZ                LAS VEGAS,NEV
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER                       IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
                                  PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION
        REMARKS- PROP BLADE FAILED,SEPARATED. VIBRATION CAUSED ENG TO COME OFF MOUNT. LANDED ON RIVER BED OK.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8365E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8365E-1972-04-27), registration cancelled 1972-04-27, S/N 1543 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20A
- Registry model: [Mooney M20A](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20a) (registry code 5870204) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Wenden

## Other investigations on N8365E (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX71FUJ91](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX71FUJ91), May 14, 1971: Mooney M20A (N8365E), Prescott, AZ, 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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