# NTSB OAK69A0046: Mooney M20E, N5972Q, Pleasanton, CA, January 18, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 18, 1969
- Place: Pleasanton, CA · PLEASANTON, CA
- Location: 37.6672° N, 121.8812° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pleasanton, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6672&lon=-121.8812&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 29, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 191578
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK69A0046
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK69A0046

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0150  69/1/18    PLEASANTON,CALIF    MOONEY M20E         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 47, 2987
        TIME - 1335                    N5972Q              PX-  1  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 1282 IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - RAIN
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          BROKEN                                                    1500
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          3 MILES OR LESS                                          RAIN
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
          HAZE                                                      50
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           12                                                      UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- RCVRY DATE 1/19/69.WEATHER REPORTS INDICATED MT TERRAIN STRUCK WAS OBSCURED BY CLOUDS.NOT INST RTD
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5972Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5972Q-1971-01-28), registration cancelled 1971-01-28, S/N 846, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Registry model: [Mooney M20E](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (registry code 5870212) (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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