# Accident 19800126001409A: Mooney M20F, Albany, KY, January 26, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 1980, 16:15 local time
- Place: Albany, KY
- Airport: Spring Creek
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6905° N, 85.1355° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albany, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6905&lon=-85.1355&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6960V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6960V-1990-07-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 61 total, 19 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD80DLQ11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80DLQ11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800126001409A

## Narrative

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

AIRPLANE BEGAN TO SKID ON LANDING ROLL. TRIED TO GO AROUND. LOST CONTROL. SKIDDED INTO PARKED ACFT.

## 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 IAD80DLQ11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80DLQ11), Jan 26, 1980: Mooney M20F (N6960V), Albany, KY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6960V (1)

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

- [Accident 19890813028789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890813028789A), Aug 13, 1989: Mooney M20F (N6960V), Mound City, KS, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Flew into an isolated storm cell with heavy rain, lost control and crashed.

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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