# NTSB OAK66A0034: Mooney MK-20A, N1067C, Eureka, CA, February 22, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 22, 1966
- Place: Eureka, CA · EUREKA, CA
- Location: 40.7990° N, 124.1540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eureka, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7990&lon=-124.1540&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 174130
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK66A0034
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK66A0034

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0144  66/2/22  NR.EUREKA CALIF       MOONEY MK-20A       CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 30, 359
        TIME - 0855                    N1067C              PX-  2  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: VERTICAL STABILIZER,ATTACHMENTS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DETERIORATED
        REMARKS- VERTICAL STABILIZER WOOD SPAR CRACKED AND DETERIORATED.INFLT SEPARATED PARTS NOT RECOVERED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1067C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1067C-1966-04-11), registration cancelled 1966-04-11, S/N 1338 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY MK-20A
- Registry model: [Mooney M20A](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20a) (registry code 5870204) (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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