Mooney M-20E N59240

25 December 1965 · Indianapolis Ind, Indiana, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 25 December 1965 at about 13:30 local time, a Mooney M-20E registered N59240 was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Indianapolis Ind, Indiana, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 25 December 1965 at 13:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Indianapolis Ind, Indiana, United States
Nearest airport: Speedway
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Mooney M-20E
Registration: N59240
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3708

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

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PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF ON SOD AREA OFF RUNWAYS

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3708, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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22 Mar 1965	Mooney M-20E N6936U	Colby Kans, Kansas, United States no coordinates	Northwestern A	Fatal	4
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22 May 1966	Mooney M-20E N1297X	El Paso Tex, Texas, United States no coordinates	El Paso Aviati	No injuries	-
29 Jan 1966	Mooney M-20E N7196U	Manor Ga, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Epps Aircraft	Fatal	1
31 Jul 1971	Mooney M-20E N2777W	Grand Prairie, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1

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