# Accident 19790727019599A: Mooney M20E, St Matthews, SC, July 27, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1979, 10:45 local time
- Place: St Matthews, SC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6638° N, 80.7776° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Matthews, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6638&lon=-80.7776&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1270X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1270X) (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 M20E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FLG26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FLG26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790727019599A

## Narrative

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

ACFT HIT POWERLINES 25 FT ABOVE GROUND OVER HIGHWAY INTERSECTION. ACFT LANDED SAFELY MINUS RUDDER & VERT STABILIZER

## 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 MIA79FLG26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FLG26), Jul 27, 1979: Mooney M20E (N1270X), St Matthews, SC, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1270X (1)

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

- [Incident 20011123031499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011123031499I), Nov 23, 2001: Mooney M20E (N1270X), Plainville, CT, Minor damage. (-23) Possible eir on the IA who signed off the annual inspection. Mr. Cephas was on a local flight when he noticed that he was losing electrical power. He…

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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