# Incident 19850717042609I: Mooney STCM20, Taos, NM, July 17, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 1985, 13:30 local time
- Place: Taos, NM
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3871° N, 105.5808° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Taos, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3871&lon=-105.5808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2688W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2688W-2012-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY STCM20
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 272 total, 0 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850717042609I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE RAN ROUGH ON TAKEOFF. LANDED STRAIGHT AHEAD WITH GEAR DOWN. SPARK PLUGS REPLACED.

## Other reports on N2688W (2)

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

- [Accident 19860909047979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860909047979A), Sep 9, 1986: Mooney M20E (N2688W), Cuba, NM, Damage unknown, 1 fatal. The aircraft was reported lost and is presumed destroyed. Last sighting was near an area of thunderstorms.
- [Incident 19800203020599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800203020599I), Feb 3, 1980: Mooney M20E (N2688W), Los Lunas, NM, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower landing gear.

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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