19830520020329A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Mooney M20K · Old Lyme, CT · May 20, 1983

Date
May 20, 1983 · 14:20 local
Place
Old Lyme, CT
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N231HT
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC83FA121
Reported as
Mooney M20K
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360GB
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,900 total0 in this make and model0 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.

Lost vacuum instruments due to a sheared vacuum pump shaft. Lost control of aircraft. No reference to a basic panel

As the FAA filed it

LOST VACUUM INSTRUMENTS DUE TO A SHEARED VACUUM PUMP SHAFT. LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT. NO REFERENCE TO A BASIC PANEL

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.