# Accident 19731230042369A: Mooney M20F, Huntsville, AL, December 30, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 1973
- Place: Huntsville, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 34.7304° N, 86.5861° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntsville, AL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7304&lon=-86.5861&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9619M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9619M-1974-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 912 total, 258 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74AM051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731230042369A

## Narrative

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

NO RECORD OF FSS WX BRIEF AT HSV.STRUCK TREES AT 1100FT MSL.BFR DEPT PLT ADVSD ALT WOULD BE 1100FT

## 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 MIA74AM051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM051), Dec 30, 1973: Mooney M20F (N9619M), Huntsville, AL, 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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