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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Jacksonville, FL · March 26, 1978

Date
March 26, 1978 · 18:15 local
Place
Jacksonville, FL
Airport
Craig
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3563N
Reported as
Mooney M20F
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total800 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine began to vibrate severely, a tip of one propeller had broken off.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE BEGAN TO VIBRATE SEVERELY, A TIP OF ONE PROPELLER HAD BROKEN OFF.