# Accident 19730818027289A: Mooney M20F, Shoshone, CA, August 18, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1973
- Place: Shoshone, CA
- Airport: Shoshone
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 35.9686° N, 116.2693° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHOSHONE (L61), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9686&lon=-116.2693&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6311Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6311Q-1973-10-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,321 total, 1,003 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74AL017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74AL017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730818027289A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 LAX74AL017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74AL017), Aug 18, 1973: Mooney M20-F (N6311Q), Shoshone, CA, destroyed, 3 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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