# NTSB MIA67A0040: Mooney M20E, N6024Q, Dunlap, TN, September 27, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 27, 1966
- Place: Dunlap, TN · DUNLAP, TN
- Location: 35.3675° N, 85.3898° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dunlap, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3675&lon=-85.3898&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 25, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 120973
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA67A0040
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA67A0040

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-1026  66/9/27    DUNLAP TENN         MOONEY M20E         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 44, 100
        TIME - 1415                    N6024Q              PX-  2  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- WITNESS SAID ACFT TURNED OVER AND OVER,LEVELED OFF,CONTINUED DESCENT AT SHALLOW ANGLE,TO BLO TREES
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6024Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6024Q-1967-05-16), registration cancelled 1967-05-16, S/N 872 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Registry model: [Mooney M20E](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (registry code 5870212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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