What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Engine quit on takeoff. Water in fuel.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE QUIT ON TAKEOFF. WATER IN FUEL.
FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · El Monte, CA · May 22, 1978
- Date
- May 22, 1978 · 13:40 local
- Place
- El Monte, CA
- Airport
- Municipal
- Phase of flight
- To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Aircraft
- N5697Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 2,150 total200 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.