# Accident 19751217039469A: Mooney M20C, Alabaster, AL, December 17, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 1975
- Place: Alabaster, AL
- Airport: Shelby County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 33.1778° N, 86.7832° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHELBY COUNTY (EET), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1778&lon=-86.7832&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7177U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7177U-1976-02-02) (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: 3,180 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76FKJ36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76FKJ36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751217039469A

## Narrative

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

CARB OPENED ONLY FEW DROPS FUEL FOUND.

## 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 MIA76FKJ36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76FKJ36), Dec 17, 1975: Mooney M21 (N7177U), Alabaster, AL, destroyed

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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