# Accident 19841208065379A: Mooney M20J, Montague, NJ, December 8, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1984, 15:30 local time
- Place: Montague, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3031° N, 74.7935° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Montague, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3031&lon=-74.7935&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1113X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A3B6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,134 total, 2,024 in this make and model, 61 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC85FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841208065379A

## Narrative

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

CIRCLED FRIENDS HOUSE AND DESCENDED INTO TREES. DOCTOR HAD ADVISED PILOT NOT TO FLY THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 NYC85FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FA039), Dec 8, 1984: Mooney M20J (N1113X), Montague, NJ, destroyed, 1 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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