# Accident 19730911029729A: Mooney M20D, St Xavier, MT, September 11, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 1973
- Place: St Xavier, MT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 45.4570° N, 107.7250° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Xavier, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4570&lon=-107.7250&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6805V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6805V-1973-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerostar Acft Corp Of Texas M20F (registry code 5870314, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-acft-corp-of-texas-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,300 total, 300 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74AS015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730911029729A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 SEA74AS015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74AS015), Sep 11, 1973: Aerostar M20F (N6805V), St Xavier, MT, destroyed, 2 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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