Mooney M20B N74707

31 December 1965 · Springfield Ill, Illinois, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 31 December 1965 at about 10:45 local time, a Mooney M20B registered N74707 was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Springfield Ill, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 31 December 1965 at 10:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Springfield Ill, Illinois, United States
Nearest airport: Capital
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Mooney M20B
Registration: N74707
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3773

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

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.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PILOT FAILED TO SECURE RIGHT FRONT SEAT BELT WHICH INTERFERED WITH GEAR RETRACTION HANDLE

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 3-3773, 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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