# Accident 19781216037359A: Mooney M20D, Windemere, FL, December 16, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1978
- Place: Windemere, FL
- Airport: Maguire
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 28.1378° N, 82.4363° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Windemere, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.1378&lon=-82.4363&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74572 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,101 total, 17 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FLD23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FLD23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781216037359A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 MIA79FLD23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FLD23), Dec 16, 1978: Mooney M-20C (N74572), Windemere, FL, 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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