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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Stratford, CT · June 25, 1978

Date: June 25, 1978 · 07:21 local
Place: Stratford, CT
Airport: Sikorsky
Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6955U
Reported as: Mooney M20C
Reported engine: Lycoming O360A1D
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 450 total250 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N6955URegistration cancelled Mar 13, 1991 · Mooney M20CS/N 2706 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.

Engine quit at 250 feet on climbout. Water and other foreign material found in the gascolator bowl.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT AT 250 FEET ON CLIMBOUT. WATER AND OTHER FOREIGN MATERIAL FOUND IN THE GASCOLATOR BOWL.

Other reports on N6955U · 1

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

Incident 19870114014499IDescent · Stratford, CTEngine failed approaching airport. Pitched in a river. Aircraft sank and became covered by snow and iced over riverJan 14, 1987 · Minor damage