# Incident 19780614045869I: Mooney M20C, Cape Girardeau, MO, June 14, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 1978, 09:05 local time
- Place: Cape Girardeau, MO
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3094° N, 89.5584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cape Girardeau, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3094&lon=-89.5584&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6501U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6501U-1998-07-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 2,700 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780614045869I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

- [Incident 19870128001219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870128001219I), Jan 28, 1987: Mooney M20C (N6501U), Tomball, TX, Minor damage. CFI took control on landing but was unable to stabilize the aircraft and left the runway.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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