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Incident

FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Albany, NY · August 2, 1979

Date
August 2, 1979 · 13:20 local
Place
Albany, NY
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3537X
Reported as
Mooney M20F
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,050 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.

After reducing fuel flow engine sputtered. Idle mixture found to be rich. .

As the FAA filed it

AFTER REDUCING FUEL FLOW ENGINE SPUTTERED. IDLE MIXTURE FOUND TO BE RICH. .