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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Mooney M20F · Conway, SC · April 17, 1981

Date
April 17, 1981 · 14:50 local
Place
Conway, SC
Airport
Conway/Horry
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6961V
Reported as
Mooney M20F
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total450 in this make and model50 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.

Pilot made successful emergency landing on airport after smoke and flames appeared in cockpit.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MADE SUCCESSFUL EMERGENCY LANDING ON AIRPORT AFTER SMOKE AND FLAMES APPEARED IN COCKPIT.