# Accident 19740605016249A: Mooney M20C, Matawan, NJ, June 5, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1974
- Place: Matawan, NJ
- Airport: Preston
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 40.4110° N, 74.2365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Matawan, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4110&lon=-74.2365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78944, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78944-1974-07-24) (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: 1,053 total, 451 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74AN103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740605016249A

## Narrative

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

GO-ARND FOLLOWING BOUNCED LNDG.SHARP L TURN OFF DNWND LEG SECOND APCH.

## 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 NYC74AN103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74AN103), Jun 5, 1974: Mooney M20C (N78944), Matawan, NJ, 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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