# Accident 19750818026819A: Mooney M20A, Ft Oglethorpe, GA, August 18, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1975
- Place: Ft Oglethorpe, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 34.9318° N, 85.2460° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Oglethorpe, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9318&lon=-85.2460&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8109E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8109E-1976-05-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20A (registry code 5870204, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 255 total, 255 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76FKG15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76FKG15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750818026819A

## Narrative

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

AD 69-5-3 COMPLIED WITH 5/8/75. VERTICAL FIN SPAR DISCOLORED AND WOOD ROT PRESENT.

## 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 MIA76FKG15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76FKG15), Aug 18, 1975: Mooney M20A (N8109E), Ft Oglethorpe, GA, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.