19881229069599I

Incident

FAA incident report · Mooney M20K · Battle Mountain, NV · December 29, 1988

Date
December 29, 1988 · 18:02 local
Place
Battle Mountain, NV
Airport
Lander County Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N252AY
Reported as
Mooney M20K
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360MB
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
737 total720 in this make and model35 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 failed. Forced landing at airport. Diverter valve failed allowing fuel to spill onto engine and power loss.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILED. FORCED LANDING AT AIRPORT. DIVERTER VALVE FAILED ALLOWING FUEL TO SPILL ONTO ENGINE AND POWER LOSS.