# Accident 19750112013949A: Mooney M20E, Fayetteville, NC, January 12, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 1975
- Place: Fayetteville, NC
- Airport: Fayetteville
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Location: 35.0527° N, 78.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fayetteville, NC, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0527&lon=-78.8784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3428X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3428X-1975-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 49 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD75AI040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75AI040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750112013949A

## Narrative

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

PLT EXPD FLT DIFFICULTIES.ATC OFFERED SURVEILLANCE APCH.ACFT VEERED OFF BFR RADAR CTC LOST.

## 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 IAD75AI040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75AI040), Jan 12, 1975: Mooney M20E (N3428X), Fayetteville, NC, destroyed, 2 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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