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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Las Cruces, NM · July 13, 1978

Date
July 13, 1978 · 20:04 local
Place
Las Cruces, NM
Airport
Crawford
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9473V
Reported as
Mooney M20E
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
496 total35 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine failure due to broken exhaust valve. Battery low. Emergency extension attempted, procedure not proper.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO BROKEN EXHAUST VALVE. BATTERY LOW. EMERGENCY EXTENSION ATTEMPTED, PROCEDURE NOT PROPER.

Other reports on N9473V · 1

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