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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Mena, AR · June 18, 1981

Date
June 18, 1981 · 14:30 local
Place
Mena, AR
Airport
Intermountain Reg
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N201FD
Reported as
Mooney M20J
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
260 total138 in this make and model20 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.

Engine lost power after lift off. Found water in fuel. Pilot had drained sumps. Water found in fuel previous day.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER AFTER LIFT OFF. FOUND WATER IN FUEL. PILOT HAD DRAINED SUMPS. WATER FOUND IN FUEL PREVIOUS DAY.

Other reports on N201FD · 3

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