# Accident 19750105002649A: Mooney M20A, Rock Springs, WY, January 5, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 1975
- Place: Rock Springs, WY
- Airport: Rock Springs Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 41.5947° N, 109.2209° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rock Springs, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5947&lon=-109.2209&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8124E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8124E-1975-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20A (registry code 5870204, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 589 total, 150 in this make and model, 103 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN75AD037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75AD037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750105002649A

## Narrative

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

RECOVERY DATE 1/11/75.

## 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 DEN75AD037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75AD037), Jan 5, 1975: Mooney M20A (N8124E), Rock Springs, WY, 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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