# Incident 19800129020179I: Mooney M20F, Plainfield, IL, January 29, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 1980, 18:00 local time
- Place: Plainfield, IL
- Airport: Clow
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6294° N, 88.2456° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plainfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6294&lon=-88.2456&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7127V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7127V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 75 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/19800129020179I

## Narrative

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

FUEL CAP O RINGS WORN. DID NOT SEAL. LARGE QUANTITY WATER FOUND RIGHT TANK.

## Other reports on N7127V (2)

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

- [Incident 20070228002859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070228002859I), Feb 28, 2007: Mooney M20F (N7127V), Scottsdale, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot ^privac^ stated that he was landing on runway 21 at Scottsdale airport. The winds were 260 @ 12 knots and gusting to 19 knots. He was on final…
- [Accident 20031012035329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031012035329A), Oct 12, 2003: Mooney M20F (N7127V), Scottsdale, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) This accident was discovered when a special flight permit was requested to transport the aircraft to a maintenance facility for repairs. Inspection of…

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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