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Incident

FAA incident report · Mooney M20K · Lucerne Valley, CA · August 5, 1983

Date
August 5, 1983 · 21:25 local
Place
Lucerne Valley, CA
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N9937C
Reported as
Mooney M20K
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360GB
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total460 in this make and model90 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 oil pressure and power on climbout. Landed on a highway. Found oil filter loose.

As the FAA filed it

LOST OIL PRESSURE AND POWER ON CLIMBOUT. LANDED ON A HIGHWAY. FOUND OIL FILTER LOOSE.