# NTSB MKC66D0560: Mooney M20C, N5951Q, Kansas City, MO, May 8, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 8, 1966
- Place: Kansas City, MO · KANSAS CITY, MO
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 14, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 171878
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC66D0560
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC66D0560

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2206   66/5/8    KANSAS CITY MO      MOONEY M20C         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 36, 480
        TIME - 1330                    N5951Q              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - KANSAS CITY MUNI
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5951Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5951Q-1973-06-25), registration cancelled 1973-06-25, S/N 3192 (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: Substantial damage
- Airport: Kansas City Muni

## Other investigations on N5951Q (3)

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.

- [NTSB MIA73AM011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73AM011), Jul 25, 1972: Mooney M-20C (N5951Q), Texas, GA, destroyed, 3 fatal
- [NTSB MIA68F0454](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA68F0454), Jan 15, 1968: Mooney M-20C (N5951Q), Greer, SC, substantial damage
- [NTSB MIA68D0353](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA68D0353), Nov 11, 1967: Mooney M20C (N5951Q), Jacksonville, FL, substantial damage

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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