# Accident 19731009034699A: Mooney M20D, Cassoday, KS, October 9, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 1973
- Place: Cassoday, KS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 38.0387° N, 96.6387° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cassoday, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0387&lon=-96.6387&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6985U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6985U-1973-12-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74AK017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AK017-201612) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731009034699A

## Narrative

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

RECOVERY DATE 10/10/73. PLTS TIME AS OF 12/1/72.

## 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 MKC74AK017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AK017-201612), Oct 9, 1973: Mooney M20E (N6985U), Cassoday, KS, destroyed, 1 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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