# Accident 19730325005979A: Mooney M20C, Grand Canyn, AZ, March 25, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 1973
- Place: Grand Canyn, AZ
- Airport: Grand Canyon
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 36.0544° N, 112.1393° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Canyon, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0544&lon=-112.1393&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9184V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9184V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 387 total, 3 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX73DUJ63](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73DUJ63) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730325005979A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LNDD LONG.TKOF TO KEEP FM OVRSHOOTING.

## 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 LAX73DUJ63](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73DUJ63), Mar 25, 1973: Mooney MK-20 (N9184V), Grand Canyn, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9184V (1)

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

- [Incident 20060809015699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060809015699I), Aug 9, 2006: Mooney M20C (N9184V), Belgrade, MT, Minor damage. (-23) Fuel mismanagement between the right and left tanks. Right tank was full, and the left was approximately half-full at departure and ran the left tank dry…

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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