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Incident

FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Minneapolis, NM · April 2, 1985

Date
April 2, 1985 · 21:25 local
Place
Minneapolis, NM
Airport
Minneapolis St Pa
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N7079V
Reported as
Mooney M20F
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
400 total300 in this make and model20 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.

Cockpit filled with smoke in flight. Safe landing. Noise filter capacitor shorted out.

As the FAA filed it

COCKPIT FILLED WITH SMOKE IN FLIGHT. SAFE LANDING. NOISE FILTER CAPACITOR SHORTED OUT.