# NTSB UNK64X1121: Mooney M-18C, N345M, Roanoke Rapids, NC, March 31, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 31, 1964
- Place: Roanoke Rapids, NC · ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC
- Location: 36.4460° N, 77.6486° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roanoke Rapids, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4460&lon=-77.6486&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 21, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185084
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X1121
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1121

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-1036  64/3/31  NR.ROANOKE RAPIDS NC  MOONEY M-18C        CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 23, 137
        TIME - 1330                    N345M               PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HALIFAX COUNTY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N345M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N345M-1965-05-22), registration cancelled 1965-05-22, S/N 225, built 1950 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M-18C
- Registry model: [Mooney M-18C](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m-18c) (registry code 5870102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Halifax County

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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