# NTSB UNK64X3190: Mooney MK21, N74574, Easton, PA, August 3, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 3, 1964
- Place: Easton, PA · EASTON, PA
- Location: 40.6861° N, 75.2181° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Easton, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6861&lon=-75.2181&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 20, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182288
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X3190
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3190

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2329   64/8/3    EASTON PA           MOONEY MK21         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 44, 114
        TIME - 1020                    N74574              PX-  0  0  1  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 112 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - EASTON
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N74574](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N74574-1967-11-09), registration cancelled 1967-11-09, S/N 1885 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY MK21
- Registry model: [Mooney M20B](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20b) (registry code 5870206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Easton

## Other investigations on N74574 (1)

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.

- [NTSB MKC67A0050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC67A0050), Feb 24, 1967: Mooney M20B (N74574), Kirksville, MO, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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