# Accident 19760721040939A: Mooney M20F, Crestwood, IL, July 21, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1976
- Place: Crestwood, IL
- Airport: Howell
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 41.6456° N, 87.7401° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crestwood, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6456&lon=-87.7401&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3286F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3286F-1977-03-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 218 total, 200 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76AC080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760721040939A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 CHI76AC080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC080), Jul 21, 1976: Mooney M20F (N3286F), Crestwood, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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