# NTSB UNK64X1637: Mooney M18LA, N4089, E Windsor, CT, May 6, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 6, 1964
- Place: E Windsor, CT · E WINDSOR, CT
- Location: 41.9049° N, 72.5672° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Town of East Windsor, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9049&lon=-72.5672&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 17, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 184965
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X1637
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1637

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1179   64/5/6    E WINDSOR CONN      MOONEY M18LA        CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 39, 728
        TIME - 1650                    N4089               PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BALCH AIR PARK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4089](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4089-2009-04-13), registration cancelled 2009-04-13, S/N 128, built 1952 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M18LA
- Registry model: [Mooney M-18LA](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m-18la) (registry code 5870108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-145B series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-145b-series) (registry code 41502, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Balch Air Park

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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