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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Denver, CO · November 4, 1983

Date: November 4, 1983 · 12:40 local
Place: Denver, CO
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9289M
Reported as: Mooney M20F
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360A1A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 142 total15 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

N9289MRegistered now · Mooney M20FS/N 660004 · Built 1966 Airframe modelMooney M20F Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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 failure on approach. Landed on golf course. Struck a tree with wing tip. Found broken crankshaft rod cap.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILURE ON APPROACH. LANDED ON GOLF COURSE. STRUCK A TREE WITH WING TIP. FOUND BROKEN CRANKSHAFT ROD CAP.