# NTSB UNK64X1765: Mooney M18L, N373A, Tonawanda, NY, May 14, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 14, 1964
- Place: Tonawanda, NY · TONAWANDA, NY
- Location: 43.0119° N, 78.8834° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tonawanda, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0119&lon=-78.8834&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 21, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183942
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X1765
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1765

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1279  64/5/14  NR.TONAWANDA NY       MOONEY M18L         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 50,
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N373A               PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - COUNTY LINE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N373A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N373A-1971-06-07), registration cancelled 1971-06-07, S/N 34 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M18L
- Registry model: [Mooney M-18L](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m-18l) (registry code 5870106) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: County Line

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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