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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Mooney M20E · Pompano Beach, FL · June 2, 1979

Date
June 2, 1979 · 09:00 local
Place
Pompano Beach, FL
Airport
Pompano
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N68734
Reported as
Mooney M20E
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
438 total40 in this make and model20 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 stopped on climbout. Landed in rough on golf course. Found loose magneto housing. No engine malfunction.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE STOPPED ON CLIMBOUT. LANDED IN ROUGH ON GOLF COURSE. FOUND LOOSE MAGNETO HOUSING. NO ENGINE MALFUNCTION.