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Incident

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Akron, CO · March 24, 1988

Date
March 24, 1988 · 16:20 local
Place
Akron, CO
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N4105H
Reported as
Mooney M20J
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1B6
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,300 total3,800 in this make and model40 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.

Icing problem. Engine quit at cruise. Restarted. Only ran at idle. Landed on dirt road. Was using ram air.

As the FAA filed it

ICING PROBLEM. ENGINE QUIT AT CRUISE. RESTARTED. ONLY RAN AT IDLE. LANDED ON DIRT ROAD. WAS USING RAM AIR.