# Incident 19810217019949I: Mooney M20F, Indianapolis, IN, February 17, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 1981, 18:15 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6466Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6466Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 25 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/19810217019949I

## Narrative

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

ZA ENGINE RAN ROUGH AND OIL APPEARED ON WINDSHIELD. PILOT VECTORED BACK TO AIRPORT. SEVEN STUDS, #3 CYLINDER BROKE.

## Other reports on N6466Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19830409020999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830409020999I), Apr 9, 1983: Mooney M20F (N6466Q), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Unable to lower landing gear. Landed gear up. Found a bent retract rod on left main landing gear.

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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