# Accident 19730808025699A: Mooney M20F, Hollister, CA, August 8, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1973
- Place: Hollister, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 36.8556° N, 121.3995° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hollister, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8556&lon=-121.3995&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9374V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9374V-2013-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,014 total, 795 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74FVM05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FVM05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730808025699A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LNDD ON NARROW RD.WING STRUCK SIGN,FORCING ACFT INTO DIRT BANK,LDG GR.COLLAPSED.

## 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 OAK74FVM05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74FVM05), Aug 8, 1973: Mooney M20F (N9374V), Hollister, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9374V (1)

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

- [Accident 19870509082489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870509082489A), May 9, 1987: Mooney M20F (N9374V), Caldwell, NJ, Destroyed. Ran out of fuel on climbout. Struck trees, shrubs and fencing on landing. Black smoke from engine not explained.

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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