# Accident 19770121005009A: Mooney M20F, Wilcox, AZ, January 21, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1977
- Place: Wilcox, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 32.2518° N, 109.8357° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Willcox, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2518&lon=-109.8357&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6874V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6874V-1977-05-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 296 total, 140 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX77FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770121005009A

## Narrative

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

HIT MTN APRX 6100FT MSL.FOUND 1/22/77.

## 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 LAX77FA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FA024), Jan 21, 1977: Mooney M20F (N6874V), Wilcox, AZ, 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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