# NTSB MKC70A0034: Mooney M-20C, N9101V, Pittsburg, KS, December 19, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 19, 1969
- Place: Pittsburg, KS · PITTSBURG, KS
- Location: 37.4136° N, 94.6980° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburg, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4136&lon=-94.6980&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 14, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 149199
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC70A0034
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC70A0034

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3637  69/12/19   PITTSBURG,KANS      MOONEY M-20C        CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 40, 312
        TIME - 0036                    N9101V              PX-  2  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PITTSBURG
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          KANSAS CITY,KANS            PITTSBURG,KANS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE
        REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD SOUTHBOUND,ALT EST LESS THAN 100FT.PLT LOG 1HR DUAL THIS ACFT,NO NIGHT DUAL RECORDED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9101V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9101V-1970-06-24), registration cancelled 1970-06-24, S/N 690012 (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: Pittsburg

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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