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Incident

FAA incident report · Mooney M20 · Crystal, MN · December 22, 1985

Date
December 22, 1985 · 08:00 local
Place
Crystal, MN
Airport
Crystal
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N5570Q
Reported as
Mooney M20
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
160 total15 in this make and model15 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.

Struck a snowbank after aborting takeoff on snow covered runway. Pilot did not use short field takeoff procedure.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK A SNOWBANK AFTER ABORTING TAKEOFF ON SNOW COVERED RUNWAY. PILOT DID NOT USE SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF PROCEDURE.