# Accident 19731108036929A: Mooney M20D, Willmar, MN, November 8, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 1973
- Place: Willmar, MN
- Airport: Willmar
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 45.1210° N, 95.0587° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Willmar, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1210&lon=-95.0587&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1075B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1075B-1974-04-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20A (registry code 5870204, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 216 total, 23 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74DER21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DER21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731108036929A

## Narrative

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

FUEL EX R TANK L TANK ABT HALF FULL.T/D IN LAND FILL AREA.

## 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 MKC74DER21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DER21), Nov 8, 1973: Mooney M20A (N1075B), Willmar, MN, 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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