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Incident

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Cape Girardeau, MO · June 14, 1978

Date: June 14, 1978 · 09:05 local
Place: Cape Girardeau, MO
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N6501U
Reported as: Mooney M20C
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,000 total2,700 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N6501URegistration cancelled Jul 15, 1998 · Mooney M20CS/N 2254 Airframe modelMooney M20C

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.

Pilot returned due to severe engine vibration. A finger on the pitch change fork had broken.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT RETURNED DUE TO SEVERE ENGINE VIBRATION. A FINGER ON THE PITCH CHANGE FORK HAD BROKEN.

Other reports on N6501U · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

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