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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Lititz, PA · February 4, 1987

Date: February 4, 1987 · 15:30 local
Place: Lititz, PA
Airport: Lancaster Municipal
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5639M
Reported as: Mooney M20J
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,500 total1,000 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

N5639MRegistered now · Mooney M20JS/N 24-1376 · Built 1983 Airframe modelMooney M20J Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Smoke filled cockpit and aircraft returned for landing. Found wire shorted from starter relay.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE FILLED COCKPIT AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED FOR LANDING. FOUND WIRE SHORTED FROM STARTER RELAY.

Other reports on N5639M · 1

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

Incident 19950209003819ITo Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct) · Wilmington, DENarrative: on February 9, 1995, at approximately 0810 hours, a Mooney 20J, N5639M, piloted by Mr. Andrew t. bloom, experienced some difficulties while taking off with a quartering tail wind on runway 01 at the new Castle county airport, Wilmington, DE. Just…Feb 9, 1995 · Minor damage