# Accident 19730823025559A: Mooney M20E, Hugoton, KS, August 23, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 1973
- Place: Hugoton, KS
- Airport: Hugoton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 37.1634° N, 101.3707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUGOTON MUNI (HQG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1634&lon=-101.3707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5743Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5743Q-2011-11-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,141 total, 426 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74DCQ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DCQ08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730823025559A

## 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 MKC74DCQ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DCQ08), Aug 23, 1973: Mooney M20E (N5743Q), Hugoton, KS, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5743Q (2)

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

- [Accident 20101013052089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101013052089A), Oct 13, 2010: Mooney M20E (N5743Q), New Smyrna, FL, Substantial damage. During takeoff, while operating on special flight permit, aircraft engine quit at approxamately 300 feet AGL. Aircraft crashed approxamately 125 yards east of…
- [Incident 19890530037759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890530037759I), May 30, 1989: Mooney M20E (N5743Q), Wenatchee, WA, Minor damage. Changed runways on approach. Forgot to lower gear. Thought horn was for stall. Landed gear up.

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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