# Accident 19761004033169A: Mooney M20C, Houma, LA, October 4, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 1976
- Place: Houma, LA
- Airport: Houma Terrebonne
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 29.5665° N, 90.6604° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOUMA-TERREBONNE (HUM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5665&lon=-90.6604&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16515 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 12 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW77FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761004033169A

## Narrative

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

PILOT BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT WAS 175 MG

## 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 FTW77FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FA002), Oct 4, 1976: Mooney M20C (N16515), Houma, LA, destroyed, 3 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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