# Accident 19780624014429A: Mooney M20J, Columbia, CA, June 24, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1978
- Place: Columbia, CA
- Airport: Columbia
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 38.0304° N, 120.4146° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBIA (O22), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0304&lon=-120.4146&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201TU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N201TU-1981-12-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 165 total, 8 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78DVA49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVA49) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780624014429A

## Narrative

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

HIT TWO STEEL POSTS MARKING A DRAINAGE DITCH.

## 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 OAK78DVA49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVA49), Jun 24, 1978: Mooney M20J (N201TU), Columbia, 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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