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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20K · Dallas, TX · September 18, 1989

Date
September 18, 1989 · 16:00 local
Place
Dallas, TX
Airport
Dallas Love Field
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N231PG
Reported as
Mooney M20K
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360GB
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
900 total30 in this make and model20 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 seized due to lack of oil. Forced landing. Engine oil drain plug had come out. Not secured correctly.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE SEIZED DUE TO LACK OF OIL. FORCED LANDING. ENGINE OIL DRAIN PLUG HAD COME OUT. NOT SECURED CORRECTLY.

Other reports on N231PG · 4

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