# Accident 19730428015689A: Mooney M20A, Mcrae, GA, April 28, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1973
- Place: Mcrae, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 32.0680° N, 82.9007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McRae, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0680&lon=-82.9007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6592B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6592B-1974-04-24) (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: 189 total, 8 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73FKG72](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FKG72) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730428015689A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PLT,ENCTRD TURBC,ACFT BECAME INVERTED,PLT COUNTER-ACTED WITH FULL R CTLS ACFT SNAP-ROLLED.

## 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 MIA73FKG72](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FKG72), Apr 28, 1973: Mooney M20A (N6592B), Mcrae, GA, destroyed

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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