19791022029739A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Mooney M20C · Everett, WA · October 22, 1979

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Date: October 22, 1979 · 11:39 local
Place: Everett, WA
Airport: Paine
Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N6961U
Reported as: Mooney M20C
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,216 total36 in this make and model240 in the last 90 days

N6961URegistered now · Mooney M20CS/N 2712 · Built 1964 Airframe modelMooney M20C Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Engine stopped after liftoff on a touch and go landing. Hit trees. Found water in fuel.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE STOPPED AFTER LIFTOFF ON A TOUCH AND GO LANDING. HIT TREES. FOUND WATER IN FUEL.