# Incident 19871227013279I: Mooney M20C, Chicago, IL, December 27, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1987, 17:30 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago Midway
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7856° N, 87.7527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO MIDWAY INTL (MDW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7856&lon=-87.7527&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7101V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7101V) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 480 total, 150 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/19871227013279I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE BECAME ROUGH ON CLIMBOUT. RETURNED TO AIRPORT. FOUND A FAULTY MAGNETO. REPLACED. ENGINE RAN NORMALLY.

## Other reports on N7101V (1)

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

- [Incident 19940205008469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940205008469I), Feb 5, 1994: Mooney M20C (N7101V), Chicago/Wheelin, IL, Minor damage. Narrative: the pilot-in-command apparently lacked adequate knowledge of the normal and emergency operation of the landing gear system. On February 5, 1994, at…

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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