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Incident

FAA incident report · Mooney M20A · Lubbock, TX · October 22, 1981

Date
October 22, 1981 · 17:03 local
Place
Lubbock, TX
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N8167E
Reported as
Mooney M20A
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
300 total12 in this make and model12 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 emergency landing on highway due to power loss. Found loose camshaft drive gear due to unlocked bolts.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING ON HIGHWAY DUE TO POWER LOSS. FOUND LOOSE CAMSHAFT DRIVE GEAR DUE TO UNLOCKED BOLTS.