# Accident 19730828026949A: Mooney M20C, Calipatria, CA, August 28, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1973
- Place: Calipatria, CA
- Airport: Calipatria
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 33.1687° N, 115.4856° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Calipatria, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1687&lon=-115.4856&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9095V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9095V-1974-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 175 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74FUM05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74FUM05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730828026949A

## Narrative

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

HIT TREES.

## 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 LAX74FUM05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74FUM05), Aug 28, 1973: Mooney M20C (N9095V), Calipatria, CA, substantial damage

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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