# Incident 19850510026129I: Mooney M20G, Morristown, NJ, May 10, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1985, 18:30 local time
- Place: Morristown, NJ
- Airport: Morristown Municipal
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7993° N, 74.4149° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MORRISTOWN MUNI (MMU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7993&lon=-74.4149&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9078V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9078V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M-20G (registry code 5870216, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m-20g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 200 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850510026129I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 19820507018899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820507018899A), May 7, 1982: Mooney M20G (N9078V), Pittstown, NJ, Substantial damage. Landed long, unable to stop on wet grass, ran off end of runway. Struck a post and a ditch.

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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