# NTSB SEA68F0016: Mooney M20C, N78889, Pacific City, OR, May 14, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: May 14, 1967
- Place: Pacific City, OR · PACIFIC CITY, OR
- Location: 45.2049° N, 123.9545° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pacific City, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2049&lon=-123.9545&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 3 minor
- Status: Completed, report September 15, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 117273
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA68F0016
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA68F0016

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1551  67/5/14    PACIFIC CITY,OREG   MOONEY M20C         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 21, 75 TOTAL
        TIME - 1730                    N78889              PX-  0  0  2  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PACIFIC CITY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: RESIDENCE(S)                              LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N78889](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78889-1968-07-31), registration cancelled 1968-07-31, S/N 2904, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Registry model: [Mooney M20B](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20b) (registry code 5870206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Pacific City

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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