# NTSB MKC71FCA37: Mooney M20B, N74716, Creve Coeur, MO, May 31, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 31, 1971
- Place: Creve Coeur, MO · CREVE COEUR, MO
- Location: 38.6620° N, 90.4430° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Creve Coeur, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6620&lon=-90.4430&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 26, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 161394
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC71FCA37
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC71FCA37

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1802  71/5/31    CREVE COEUR,MO      MOONEY M20B         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 2400
        TIME - 2200                    N74716              PX-  0  0  2  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CREVE COEUR
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          DULUTH,MINN                 CREVE COEUR,MO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: RUNWAY LIGHTING
        REMARKS- RWY LITES EXTENDED ALONG SOD OVERRUN.THRSHLD LITES OBSCD,HIGH WHEAT.LNDD IN WHEAT,THOUGHT OVERRUN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N74716 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20B
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Creve Coeur

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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