# Accident 19760307005869A: Mooney M20, Merritt Island, FL, March 7, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 1976
- Place: Merritt Island, FL
- Airport: Merritt Island
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 28.3416° N, 80.6855° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRITT ISLAND (COI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3416&lon=-80.6855&mi=10
- Aircraft: N899B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N899B-1976-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20 (registry code 5870202, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,383 total, 199 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76FLD47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76FLD47) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760307005869A

## Narrative

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

FUSELAGE CARGO COMPT DOOR BLEW OPEN IN FLIGHT.

## 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 MIA76FLD47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76FLD47), Mar 7, 1976: Mooney M20 (N899B), Merritt Island, FL, 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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