# Accident 19760730023679A: Mooney M20C, Sacramento, CA, July 30, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1976
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Sacramento Exec.
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 38.5129° N, 121.4933° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SACRAMENTO EXEC (SAC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5129&lon=-121.4933&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9490V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9490V-1993-11-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 203 total, 6 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76DVG95](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVG95) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760730023679A

## Narrative

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

ELECT SYST WENT DEAD,GENERATOR CIRCUIT BREAKER SWITCH NOT ENGAGED.NOT TIME TO EXT.GEAR MANUALLY.

## 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 OAK76DVG95](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVG95), Jul 30, 1976: Mooney M20 (N9490V), Sacramento, CA, 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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