# Accident 19730515011419A: Mooney M20D, Kent, TX, May 15, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1973
- Place: Kent, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 31.0693° N, 104.2171° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kent, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0693&lon=-104.2171&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1209X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1209X-1973-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 922 total, 32 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW73AF065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73AF065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730515011419A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO KNOWN POOR WEA.PLT MADE PREVIOUS ATTEMPT AND RET TO DEP BASE OK.PLTS TIME AS OF 1/10/73.

## 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 FTW73AF065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73AF065), May 15, 1973: Mooney M20C (N1209X), Kent, TX, 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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