# NTSB MIA67F0545: Mooney M20C, N6589U, Roopville, GA, May 5, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: May 5, 1967
- Place: Roopville, GA · ROOPVILLE, GA
- Location: 33.4566° N, 85.1304° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roopville, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4566&lon=-85.1304&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report September 11, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 117144
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA67F0545
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA67F0545

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1428   67/5/5    ROOPVILLE,GA        MOONEY M20C         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 34, 206
        TIME - 2245                    N6589U              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 72 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          BROKEN                                                    1000
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     RAIN
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          FOG                                                      VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6589U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6589U-1970-09-03), registration cancelled 1970-09-03, S/N 2371 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Registry model: [Mooney M20C](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (registry code 5870208) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: 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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