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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Mooney M20E · Boron, CA · February 17, 1979

Date
February 17, 1979 · 00:21 local
Place
Boron, CA
Airport
U.S.Borax
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1979Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX79FA030
Reported as
Mooney M20E
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aicraft struck a wire while attempting to land on taxiway at an unfamiliar airport.

As the FAA filed it

AICRAFT STRUCK A WIRE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON TAXIWAY AT AN UNFAMILIAR AIRPORT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.