# NTSB UNK64X0212: Mooney M20E, N1248X, De Beque, CO, January 11, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 11, 1964
- Place: De Beque, CO · DE BEQUE, CO
- Location: 39.3100° N, 108.2050° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of De Beque, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3100&lon=-108.2050&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal, 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report December 22, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 116258
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0212
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0212

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0011  64/1/11    DE BEQUE COLO       MOONEY M20E         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 36, 210
        TIME - 1800                    N1248X              PX-  2  1  1  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 140 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - SNOW
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                     UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          BLOWING SNOW                                             IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1248X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1248X-2017-02-04), registration cancelled 2017-02-04, S/N 121, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Registry model: [Mooney M20A](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20a) (registry code 5870204) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (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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