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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Stratford, CT · January 14, 1987

Date
January 14, 1987 · 13:40 local
Place
Stratford, CT
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6955U
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total25 in this make and model25 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.

Engine failed approaching airport. Pitched in a river. Aircraft sank and became covered by snow and iced over river

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILED APPROACHING AIRPORT. PITCHED IN A RIVER. AIRCRAFT SANK AND BECAME COVERED BY SNOW AND ICED OVER RIVER

Other reports on N6955U · 1

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