19800801089079I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20 · Albuquerque, NM · August 1, 1980

Date
August 1, 1980 · 17:00 local
Place
Albuquerque, NM
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N231RF
Reported as
Mooney M20
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360G
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
950 total210 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.

Excessive oil consumption during flight. Improper wrist pin insertion at manufactures.

As the FAA filed it

EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION DURING FLIGHT. IMPROPER WRIST PIN INSERTION AT MANUFACTURES.