# Incident 19791020053199I: Mooney M20K, Novato, CA, October 20, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 1979, 15:30 local time
- Place: Novato, CA
- Airport: Gnoss
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1436° N, 122.5571° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GNOSS FLD (DVO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1436&lon=-122.5571&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5268P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 300 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/19791020053199I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT SOON AFTER ROTATION, PROBABLY FROM WATER IN FUEL. PILOT HAD DRAINED WATER, RAN-UP FOR 30 MINUTES.

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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