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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Trenton, NJ · August 29, 1978

Date
August 29, 1978 · 11:00 local
Place
Trenton, NJ
Airport
Mercer Co
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N201WA
Reported as
Mooney M20J
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
550 total550 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 quit after liftoff due to water in fuel. Landed on remaining runway gear up.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT AFTER LIFTOFF DUE TO WATER IN FUEL. LANDED ON REMAINING RUNWAY GEAR UP.