19871213080399I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20K · Pocatello, ID · December 13, 1987

Date
December 13, 1987 · 18:00 local
Place
Pocatello, ID
Airport
Pocatello Municipal
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N231SS
Reported as
Mooney M20K
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360GB
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,116 total1,376 in this make and model69 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 shutdown approaching airport. Landed safely. Cylinder arm assembly worked loose. Oil dripped on manifold.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE SHUTDOWN APPROACHING AIRPORT. LANDED SAFELY. CYLINDER ARM ASSEMBLY WORKED LOOSE. OIL DRIPPED ON MANIFOLD.

Other reports on N231SS · 1

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