# Accident 19730111000229A: Mooney M20A, Utica, NY, January 11, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 1973
- Place: Utica, NY
- Airport: Riverside
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 43.0964° N, 75.2260° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Utica, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0964&lon=-75.2260&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8171E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8171E-1995-08-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20A (registry code 5870204, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 44 total, 7 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC73FFA24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73FFA24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730111000229A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

No narrative was filed.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 NYC73FFA24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73FFA24), Jan 11, 1973: M00ney M20A (N8171E), Utica, NY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8171E (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19850925053729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850925053729I), Sep 25, 1985: Mooney M20A (N8171E), Benton, AR, Minor damage. Landed on runway overrun which had not been mowed. Aircraft veered off centerline and wingtip struck tall weeds.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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