# Accident 19741019038929A: Mooney M20C, Palatka, FL, October 19, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 1974
- Place: Palatka, FL
- Airport: Key Larkin
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 29.6501° N, 81.6719° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palatka, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6501&lon=-81.6719&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6673U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6673U-1993-10-06) (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: 1,521 total, 310 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA75DLA18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75DLA18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741019038929A

## Narrative

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

BIENNIAL FLT EXAM.GR RETRACTED DRG GO-AROUND PRECEEDING LAST APCH.PLT CONCERNED PROXIMITY OTR ACFT

## 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 MIA75DLA18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75DLA18), Oct 19, 1974: Mooney M20C (N6673U), Palatka, FL, 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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