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Incident

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Teterboro, NJ · April 6, 1988

Date
April 6, 1988 · 21:30 local
Place
Teterboro, NJ
Airport
Teterboro
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N7745M
Reported as
Mooney M20E
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
120 total100 in this make and model30 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.

Unable to find destination airport in hazy conditions. Was radar vectored to a safe landing at Teterboro.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO FIND DESTINATION AIRPORT IN HAZY CONDITIONS. WAS RADAR VECTORED TO A SAFE LANDING AT TETERBORO.