# Incident 19810905070309I: Mooney M20E, Albany, TX, September 5, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1981, 15:30 local time
- Place: Albany, TX
- Airport: Albany
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7214° N, 99.2676° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBANY MUNI (T23), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7214&lon=-99.2676&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7156U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7156U-1984-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Reported engine: CONT IO360A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 245 total, 109 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810905070309I

## Narrative

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

ABORTED TAKEOFF DUE WIND SHIFT FROM 270 TO 350 HIT FENCE DAMAGED GEAR PROP AND SKIN.

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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