# NTSB OAK68F0327: Mooney M20E, N7895V, Orland, CA, February 27, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 27, 1968
- Place: Orland, CA · ORLAND, CA
- Location: 39.7461° N, 122.1857° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orland, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7461&lon=-122.1857&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 111401
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK68F0327
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK68F0327

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0574  68/2/27    ORLAND,CALIF        MOONEY M20E         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1740                    N7895V              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  AGE 42, 2700 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            750 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HAIGH FIELD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT                             IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
                                  SMOKE IN COCKPIT
        REMARKS- PLT LANDED ON ABANDONED STRIP. ACFT INTERIOR BURST INTO FLAME AS CABIN DOOR WAS OPENED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7895V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7895V-1968-07-09), registration cancelled 1968-07-09, S/N 602, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Registry model: [Mooney M20E](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (registry code 5870212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Haigh Field

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.

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