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Incident

FAA incident report · Mooney M-20G · Morristown, NJ · May 10, 1985

Date
May 10, 1985 · 18:30 local
Place
Morristown, NJ
Airport
Morristown Municipal
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N9078V
Reported as
Mooney M20G
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
700 total200 in this make and model8 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 takeoff pilot had smoke in cockpit. Returned to land. Filter capacitor shorted blowing a circuit breaker.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER TAKEOFF PILOT HAD SMOKE IN COCKPIT. RETURNED TO LAND. FILTER CAPACITOR SHORTED BLOWING A CIRCUIT BREAKER.

Other reports on N9078V · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.