# NTSB MKC68A0058: Mooney M20C, N3437X, Wessgtn Spg, SD, April 4, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 4, 1968
- Place: Wessgtn Spg, SD · WESSGTN SPG, SD
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 10, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 110553
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC68A0058
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC68A0058

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2609   68/4/4  NR.WESSGTN SPG,S DAK  MOONEY M20C         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 39, 6445
        TIME - 1937                    N3437X              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 137 MG PCT. RECOVERY DATE 4/5/68.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3437X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3437X-1968-06-14), registration cancelled 1968-06-14, S/N 3404 (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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