# Accident 19830528025379A: Mooney M20K, Mitchellville, MD, May 28, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1983, 21:30 local time
- Place: Mitchellville, MD
- Airport: Freeway
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9492° N, 76.7298° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9492&lon=-76.7298&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9872Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9872Q-1988-08-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360GB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,001 total, 174 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL83LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA204) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830528025379A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT HIT CHAIN LINK FENCE 75 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY DURING NIGHT LANDING.

## 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 ATL83LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA204), May 29, 1983: Mooney M20K (N9872Q), Mitchellville, MD, substantial damage

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.