# NTSB MIA67D0328: Mooney M20E, N6077Q, Chapel Hill, NC, December 8, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 8, 1966
- Place: Chapel Hill, NC · CHAPEL HILL, NC
- Location: 35.9283° N, 79.0401° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chapel Hill, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9283&lon=-79.0401&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 21, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 119829
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA67D0328
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA67D0328

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4002   66/12/8   CHAPEL HILL NC      MOONEY M20E         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 41, 600
        TIME - 2400                    N6077Q              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HORACE WILLIAMS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - FOG
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          CLEAR                                                    UNLIMITED
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND
          GROUND FOG                                               LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
           59                                                      180
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           7                                                       VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- PATCHY GROUND FOG AT UNLIGHTED ARPT OF LANDING.PLT HAD BEEN ADVISED LGHTD ARPT 15 MI. E. WAS CLEAR
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6077Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6077Q-1980-12-10), registration cancelled 1980-12-10, S/N 904 (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: Substantial damage
- Airport: Horace Williams

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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