# Incident 19780905017949I: Mooney M20, Opa Locka, FL, September 5, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1978, 11:30 local time
- Place: Opa Locka, FL
- Airport: West
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9000° N, 80.2552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Opa-locka, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9000&lon=-80.2552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8146E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8146E-2013-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20A (registry code 5870204, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 368 total, 218 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780905017949I

## Narrative

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

PILOT OVERSHOT LANDING, RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N8146E (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19830129001609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830129001609A), Jan 29, 1983: Mooney M20A (N8146E), Prattville, AL, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Left wing separated on a pull up from a low pass near a friends home. Failure at wing root due to decayed wood.

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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