# Incident 19880630042289I: Mooney M20J, Sutton, WV, June 30, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 1988, 17:30 local time
- Place: Sutton, WV
- Airport: Braxton Co
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6871° N, 80.6521° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRAXTON COUNTY (48I), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6871&lon=-80.6521&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3766H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3766H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A3B6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 406 total, 375 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880630042289I

## Narrative

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

PIC REPORTED LOSING OIL PRESSURE AND ALTERNATOR. LANDED.FOUND ALTERNATOR CIRCUIT BREAKER OPEN AND BATTERY DEPLETED.

## Other reports on N3766H (1)

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

- [Incident 19860504029069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860504029069I), May 4, 1986: Mooney M20J (N3766H), Ocean City, NJ, Minor damage. Pilot inadvertently retracted the gear instead of flaps on rollout.

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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