# Accident 19750126001269A: Mooney M20F, Birmingham, AL, January 26, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 1975
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: Birmingham Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 33.5207° N, 86.8025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5207&lon=-86.8025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3882N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 561 total, 40 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA75FKJ38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75FKJ38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750126001269A

## Narrative

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

LDG HORN INOP.ON FINAL APCH PLT DISTRACTED FORGOT TO LWR LDG GR.

## 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 MIA75FKJ38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75FKJ38), Jan 26, 1975: Mooney M20F (N3882N), Birmingham, AL, 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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