# Accident 19800618021669A: Mooney M20F, South Haven, MI, June 18, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 1980, 19:30 local time
- Place: South Haven, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4013° N, 86.2684° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Haven, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4013&lon=-86.2684&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6765V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6765V-1983-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 873 total, 256 in this make and model, 119 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEM28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEM28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800618021669A

## Narrative

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

PILOT RAN OUT OF RUNWAY ON WET SOD. LIFTED OFF, HIT HILL AFTER AIRPLANE STALLED.

## 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 CHI80FEM28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEM28), Jun 18, 1980: Mooney M20F (N6765V), South Haven, MI, destroyed

## Other reports on N6765V (1)

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

- [Incident 19790705018829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790705018829I), Jul 5, 1979: Mooney M20F (N6765V), Cable, WI, Minor damage. Engine quit on takeoff due to water in fuel. Pilot landed gear up, had failed to drain wing sumps in preflight.

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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