# Incident 19791221048849I: Mooney M20, Rhinelander, WI, December 21, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1979, 14:22 local time
- Place: Rhinelander, WI
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6342° N, 89.4288° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rhinelander, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6342&lon=-89.4288&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3382X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3382X-2022-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 1,300 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/19791221048849I

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING AFTER ENGINE QUIT, FOUND BROKEN CONNECTING ROD BOLTS.

## Other reports on N3382X (1)

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

- [Incident 19850615029379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850615029379I), Jun 15, 1985: Mooney M20E (N3382X), Mcallen, TX, Minor damage. Pilot thought gear was down due to power required. Gear not retracted fully at takeoff. Landed gear half up.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.