# Accident 19730427012189A: Mooney M20D, Ledyard, CT, April 27, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 1973
- Place: Ledyard, CT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Location: 41.4400° N, 72.0167° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Town of Ledyard, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4400&lon=-72.0167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9278V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9278V-1973-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 655 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC73AN137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73AN137) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730427012189A

## Narrative

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

MISSED APCH TO RWY 5 ILS. FLEW INTO TREES APROX 6 1/2 MI NE OF ARPT. RECOVERED 4/28/73.

## 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 NYC73AN137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73AN137), Apr 27, 1973: Mooney M20C (N9278V), Ledyard, CT, destroyed, 1 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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