# Accident 19760509011669A: Mooney M20E, Gainesville, FL, May 9, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1976
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Airport: Flying Ten
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 29.6194° N, 82.5087° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLYING TEN (0J8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6194&lon=-82.5087&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8404Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 202 total, 69 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76DLA47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76DLA47) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760509011669A

## Narrative

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

PLT DISTRACTED BY PANICKED PAX.

## 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 MIA76DLA47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76DLA47), May 9, 1976: Mooney M20E (N8404Q), Gainesville, FL, 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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