# Accident 19730211003469A: Mooney M20D, Saratoga, WY, February 11, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 1973
- Place: Saratoga, WY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 41.4524° N, 106.8117° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saratoga, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4524&lon=-106.8117&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9352V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9352V-1973-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,048 total, 1,048 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN73AD038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73AD038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730211003469A

## Narrative

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

RCVRD 2/21/73. WX AT NEAREST REPORTING STATION INDICATED THAT THE ACDNT SITE WAS OBSCURED.

## 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 DEN73AD038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73AD038), Feb 11, 1973: Mooney M20F (N9352V), Saratoga, WY, destroyed, 4 fatal

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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