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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Lynchburg, VA · June 25, 1983

Date
June 25, 1983 · 22:55 local
Place
Lynchburg, VA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4069N
Reported as
Mooney M20F
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
468 total70 in this make and model40 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.

Vibration from engine en route. After landing found four inches of a propeller blade missing.

As the FAA filed it

VIBRATION FROM ENGINE EN ROUTE. AFTER LANDING FOUND FOUR INCHES OF A PROPELLER BLADE MISSING.