# NTSB LAX70FUG05: Mooney M20F, N9403V, Joshua Tree, CA, February 6, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 6, 1970
- Place: Joshua Tree, CA · JOSHUA TREE, CA
- Location: 34.1347° N, 116.3131° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Joshua Tree, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1347&lon=-116.3131&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 26, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 144339
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX70FUG05
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX70FUG05

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0795   70/2/6    JOSHUA TREE,CALIF   MOONEY M20F         CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             PRIVATE, AGE 28, 484
        TIME - 1500                    N9403V              PX-  0  0  1  DEMONSTRATION             TOTAL HOURS, 172 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GIANT ROCK
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          YUCCA VALLEY                LONG BEACH,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
        REMARKS- CABIN DOOR UNLATCHED.DRG ATMT TO CLOSE DOOR PLT LOST CTL OF ACFT,HIT TREE DRG RECOVERY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9403V](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9403V), registered now, S/N 700022 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Registry model: [Mooney M20F](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (registry code 5870214) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Giant Rock

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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