# NTSB MKC66A0035: Mooney M-20C, N7880V, Timber Lake, SD, December 22, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 22, 1965
- Place: Timber Lake, SD · TIMBER LAKE, SD
- Location: 45.4294° N, 101.0714° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Timber Lake, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4294&lon=-101.0714&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 1, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175044
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC66A0035
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC66A0035

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-1089  65/12/22   TIMBER LAKE S DAK   MOONEY M-20C        CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 37, 139
        TIME - 1600                    N7880V              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 71 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - TIMBER LAKE MUNIC
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  100
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          1/2 MILE OR LESS                                         NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          FOG                                                      IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          CONTROLLED VFR
        REMARKS- LABORATORY FINDING OF ALCOHOL VALUE .053 PERCENT NOT CONSIDERED CAUSATINE BY INVEST NOR B-96B.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7880V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7880V-1966-02-07), registration cancelled 1966-02-07, S/N 2842 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M-20C
- Registry model: [Mooney M20C](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (registry code 5870208) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Timber Lake Munic

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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