# Incident 19870218008649I: Mooney M20C, Custer, SD, February 18, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1987, 10:20 local time
- Place: Custer, SD
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7667° N, 103.5996° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Custer, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7667&lon=-103.5996&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6800U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6800U-2013-02-13) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,700 total, 700 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870218008649I

## Narrative

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

EMERGENCY LANDING IN FIELD AFTER OIL COVERED WINDSHIELD. FOUND RUPTURED PROPELLER GOVERNOR OIL LINE.

## Other reports on N6800U (1)

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

- [Incident 20060209004659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060209004659I), Feb 9, 2006: Mooney M20C (N6800U), Winslow, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) Flight was to familiarize new owner with aircraft. Flight initiated out of flagstaff, where the new owner, the pilot, [privacy data omitted] performed…

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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