19821224069439I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Hollister, CA · December 24, 1982

Date
December 24, 1982 · 12:15 local
Place
Hollister, CA
Airport
Hollister
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1142M
Reported as
Mooney M20J
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A3B6
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total150 in this make and model15 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.

Aircraft had a loss of oil pressure. Engine vibrating. Found a hole in the head of #4 piston.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT HAD A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE. ENGINE VIBRATING. FOUND A HOLE IN THE HEAD OF #4 PISTON.