# NTSB OAK78DVA15: Mooney M20C, N78890, Dunlap, CA, November 22, 1977

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 22, 1977
- Place: Dunlap, CA · DUNLAP, CA
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 9, 1978
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 144701
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK78DVA15
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVA15

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3660  77/11/22   DUNLAP,CA           MOONEY M20C         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 900
        TIME - 1730                    N78890              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BAKER HALL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          BAKERSFIELD,CA              DUNLAP,CA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: ANIMALS                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - ANIMAL(S) ON RUNWAY/TAXIWAY/RAMP
        REMARKS- COWS ON ONE SIDE OF RWY TRIED TO JOIN COWS ON OTHER SIDE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N78890](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78890), registered now, S/N 2905, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Registry model: [Mooney M20C](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (registry code 5870208) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Baker Hall

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19771122037469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771122037469A), Nov 22, 1977: Mooney M20C, Dunlap, CA, Substantial damage. Cows on one side of rwy tried to join cows on other side.

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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