# Accident 19760824041549A: Mooney M20A, Lancaster, CA, August 24, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1976
- Place: Lancaster, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 34.6980° N, 118.1367° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lancaster, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6980&lon=-118.1367&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1096B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1096B-1976-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20A (registry code 5870204, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,086 total, 63 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76AL092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760824041549A

## Narrative

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

OUTBD L WG FAILED & SEPARATED. AD 69-5-3 NCW.

## 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 LAX76AL092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL092), Aug 24, 1976: Mooney M20A (N1096B), Lancaster, CA, destroyed, 2 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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