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Incident

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Ironwood, MI · September 16, 1978

Date
September 16, 1978 · 09:00 local
Place
Ironwood, MI
Airport
Gogebic Co
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N2767W
Reported as
Mooney M20E
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,750 total800 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.

Unscheduled landing after engine vibration. Found stuck exhaust valve.

As the FAA filed it

UNSCHEDULED LANDING AFTER ENGINE VIBRATION. FOUND STUCK EXHAUST VALVE.