# Incident 19860709039899I: Mooney M20C, Irvine, CA, July 9, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1986, 17:06 local time
- Place: Irvine, CA
- Airport: El Toro Mcas
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6761° N, 117.7310° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6761&lon=-117.7310&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6775V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6775V-2019-12-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (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 M20C
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 210 total, 155 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860709039899I

## Narrative

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

OIL ON WINDSHIELD AND SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT EN ROUTE. VECTORED TO AIRPORT. OIL LINE TO PROPELLER GOVERNOR CRACKED.

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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