# Accident 19740107001189A: Mooney M20C, Norfolk, VA, January 7, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 1974
- Place: Norfolk, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 36.8468° N, 76.2852° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Norfolk, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8468&lon=-76.2852&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78985, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78985-1974-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74DID25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DID25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740107001189A

## Narrative

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

RADAR FOUND ACFT 90NM OFF COAST. DITCHD 20NM OFF COAST.

## 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 IAD74DID25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DID25), Jan 7, 1974: Mooney M20C (N78985), Norfolk (Atlantic Ocean), destroyed

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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