# Accident 19740802025219A: Mooney M20C, Fair Oaks, CA, August 2, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1974
- Place: Fair Oaks, CA
- Airport: Phoenix Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 38.6501° N, 121.2513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fair Oaks, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6501&lon=-121.2513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5629Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5629Q-2003-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK75DVG07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75DVG07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740802025219A

## Narrative

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

GR WARNING HORN CKD OK.

## 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 OAK75DVG07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75DVG07), Aug 2, 1974: Mooney M20C (N5629Q), Fair Oaks, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5629Q (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20030108000679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030108000679A), Jan 8, 2003: Mooney M20C (N5629Q), Warnersprings, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (.19) On January 8, 2003, about 1100 pacific standard time, a Mooney M20C, N5629Q, collided with terrain near warner springs, California. The pilot/owner was…

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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