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Incident

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Farmingdale, NY · February 15, 1985

Date
February 15, 1985 · 12:47 local
Place
Farmingdale, NY
Airport
Republic
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N6768U
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
844 total654 in this make and model12 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.

After coming out of right turn pilot lacked right aileron control. Safe landing aileron control tube broke at weld.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER COMING OUT OF RIGHT TURN PILOT LACKED RIGHT AILERON CONTROL. SAFE LANDING AILERON CONTROL TUBE BROKE AT WELD.