# Accident 19810310010329A: Mooney M20K, Atlantic City, NJ, March 10, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 1981, 20:30 local time
- Place: Atlantic City, NJ
- Airport: Bader
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3773° N, 74.4511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlantic City, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3773&lon=-74.4511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4092H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4092H-2013-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 525 total, 140 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC81FHD15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FHD15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810310010329A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILED  SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. PILOT ATTEMPTED RETURN TO AIRPORT BUT LANDED IN WATER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC81FHD15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FHD15), Mar 10, 1981: Mooney M20K (N4092H), Atlantic City, NJ, destroyed

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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