# Incident 19790402012209I: Mooney M20E, Denver, CO, April 2, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 1979, 19:15 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7392° N, 104.9847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7392&lon=-104.9847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9252V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9252V-2013-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 140 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/19790402012209I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST PARTIAL POWER DURING APPROACH. WAS VECTORED TO CLOSER AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N9252V (1)

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

- [Accident 19890415009459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890415009459A), Apr 15, 1989: Mooney M20F (N9252V), Lynch, KY, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Flew into trees on a fog obscured mountainside. Was advised of en route IMC.

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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