# Accident 19800523085299A: Mooney M20F, Raynesford, MT, May 23, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1980, 07:35 local time
- Place: Raynesford, MT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.2701° N, 110.7319° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Raynesford, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2701&lon=-110.7319&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7068V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7068V-1982-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,835 total, 0 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800523085299A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO RISING TERRAIN VFR IN DENSE FOG. LOW CEILING AND RAIN IN AREA.

## 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 DEN80FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FA035), May 23, 1980: Mooney 20F (N7068V), Raynesford, MT, destroyed, 3 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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