19831009067969I

Incident

FAA incident report · Mnmite M-18L · Corona, CA · October 9, 1983

Date
October 9, 1983 · 16:20 local
Place
Corona, CA
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N120C
Reported as
Mnmite M18L
Reported engine
Lycoming O145B2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,400 total400 in this make and model16 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.

Engine lost power. Landed in open field. Found scratch mark on cylinder wall. Suspect new oversize piston ring.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER. LANDED IN OPEN FIELD. FOUND SCRATCH MARK ON CYLINDER WALL. SUSPECT NEW OVERSIZE PISTON RING.