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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Mooney M20C · Thomasville, NC · August 30, 1981

Date
August 30, 1981 · 13:35 local
Place
Thomasville, NC
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1278X
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
667 total0 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.

Aircraft crashed after hitting wires when pilot was dragging strip before landing.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT CRASHED AFTER HITTING WIRES WHEN PILOT WAS DRAGGING STRIP BEFORE LANDING.