Mooney M20 N6091X

24 July 1972 · La Junta, Colorado, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 24 July 1972 at about 20:25 local time, a Mooney M20 registered N6091X was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near La Junta, Colorado, 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: 24 July 1972 at 20:25
Classification: Accident
Location: La Junta, Colorado, United States
Nearest airport: La Junta Airport
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Mooney M20
Registration: N6091X
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Solo
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Clovis, N Mex → Alamosa, Colo
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-2634

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

STUD PLT ON X-C ATMTD 1ST IN-TYPE NITE LNDG.PLT DISTRACTED, BLVD ARPT TO BE ANOTHER AT 1500FT HIER.

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 3-2634, 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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