# Accident 19781024034209A: Mooney M20D, Texarkana, TX, October 24, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1978
- Place: Texarkana, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 33.4251° N, 94.0477° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Texarkana, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4251&lon=-94.0477&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9093V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9093V-2009-09-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 190 total, 66 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781024034209A

## Narrative

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

WITNESS STATED HE HEARD ENG SURGING.ACFT CRASHED IN UNLIGHTED ARE

## 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 FTW79FA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA007), Oct 24, 1978: Mooney M20E (N9093V), Texarkana, TX, 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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