41.7123° N, 72.6081° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Glastonbury, CT, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 25, 1981 · 13:16 local
Place
Glastonbury, CT
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N47423
Reported as
Mooney M20B
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,050 total1,030 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.
Forced landing due to power loss from water saturated air filter and frozen.
As the FAA filed it
FORCED LANDING DUE TO POWER LOSS FROM WATER SATURATED AIR FILTER AND FROZEN.