# Incident 19930124006189I: Mooney M20C, Tallahassee, FL, January 24, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 1993, 20:00 local time
- Place: Tallahassee, FL
- Airport: Tallahassee Regionall Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4383° N, 84.2807° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tallahassee, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4383&lon=-84.2807&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78973, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78973-2023-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 720 total, 280 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930124006189I

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED TAXIWAY ONTO GRASS WHILE TAXIING TO RAMP. ON TURN AROUND SLID DOWN SLOPE INTO A DITCH.

## Other reports on N78973 (1)

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

- [Incident 19840722044879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840722044879I), Jul 22, 1984: Mooney M20C (N78973), Laurinburg, NC, Minor damage. Right main and nose gear collapsed on the landing roll. Landing gear was out of rig. Would not go over center lock.

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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