# Incident 19890226055989I: Mooney M20J, Vichy, MO, February 26, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 1989, 18:23 local time
- Place: Vichy, MO
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1114° N, 91.7604° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vichy, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1114&lon=-91.7604&mi=10
- Aircraft: N326RB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N326RB-2010-07-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B6
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 275 total, 15 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890226055989I

## Narrative

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

FLYING IN CLOUDS AIRSPEED WENT TO ZERO. STALL WARNING SOUNDED. USED PITOT HEAT AND DESCENDED. RECOVERED. PITOT ICE.

## Other reports on N326RB (2)

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

- [Incident 19840818055459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840818055459I), Aug 18, 1984: Mooney M20J (N326RB), Lawrence, MA, Minor damage. Pilot noticed overheating indications and made precautionary landing forgetting to lower gear until too late.
- [Incident 19780413012349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780413012349I), Apr 13, 1978: Mooney M20G (N326RB), Danbury, CT, Minor damage. Hard landing damaged prop.

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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