# Incident 19780625035919I: Mooney M20C, Stratford, CT, June 25, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 1978, 07:21 local time
- Place: Stratford, CT
- Airport: Sikorsky
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2473° N, 73.0978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SIKORSKY (JSD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2473&lon=-73.0978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6955U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6955U-1991-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 250 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/19780625035919I

## Narrative

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

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 19870114014499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870114014499I), Jan 14, 1987: Mooney M20C (N6955U), Stratford, CT, Minor damage. Engine failed approaching airport. Pitched in a river. Aircraft sank and became covered by snow and iced over river

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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