19811209086669I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Brookings, SD · December 9, 1981

Date: December 9, 1981 · 16:00 local
Place: Brookings, SD
Airport: Brookings
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N477LM
Reported as: Mooney M20E
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360A1A
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 500 total100 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N477LMRegistered now · Mooney M20ES/N 643 · Built 1965 Airframe modelMooney M20E Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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.

Loud engine noise, power loss. Hit fence on forced landing. Engine problem not reported.

As the FAA filed it

LOUD ENGINE NOISE, POWER LOSS. HIT FENCE ON FORCED LANDING. ENGINE PROBLEM NOT REPORTED.