# NTSB UNK64X3204: Mooney M20, N5294B, La Touche, WA, August 3, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 3, 1964
- Place: La Touche, WA · LA TOUCHE, WA
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 14, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182734
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X3204
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3204

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0967   64/8/3  NR.LA TOUCHE WASH     MOONEY M20          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N5294B              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 44, 5100 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDETERMINED                                             UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5294B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5294B-2017-11-20), registration cancelled 2017-11-20, S/N 1156, built 1957 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20
- Registry model: [Mooney M20](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20) (registry code 5870202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## Other investigations on N5294B (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 UNK64X0714](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0714), Feb 27, 1964: Mooney M20 (N5294B), Albany, OR, substantial damage

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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