# Accident 19731208041189A: Mooney M20B, Elyria, OH, December 8, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1973
- Place: Elyria, OH
- Airport: Elyria City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 41.3315° N, 82.1003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELYRIA (1G1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3315&lon=-82.1003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74585, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N74585-1976-05-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20B (registry code 5870206, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,733 total, 53 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74FEI17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEI17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731208041189A

## Narrative

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

HIT DITCH AT END OF OVERRUN.

## 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 CHI74FEI17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEI17), Dec 8, 1973: Mooney M20B (N74585), Elyria, OH, 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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