# Accident 19840814040469A: Mooney M20C, Danbury, CT, August 14, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1984, 14:15 local time
- Place: Danbury, CT
- Airport: Danbury
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3860° N, 73.4805° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3860&lon=-73.4805&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74558 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,323 total, 365 in this make and model, 198 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC84FNE05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FNE05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840814040469A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

EXHAUST BROKE OFF ENGINE MUFFLER CAUSED AN INFLIGHT FIRE. CRASH LANDED. PILOT OWNER PRIOR ADVISED TO REPLACE SYSTEM

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC84FNE05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FNE05), Aug 14, 1984: Mooney M20C (N74558), Danbury, CT, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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