19891119057539I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Roanoke, TX · November 19, 1989

Date
November 19, 1989 · 11:00 local
Place
Roanoke, TX
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5592Q
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,100 total800 in this make and model0 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.

Low oil pressure on climbout. Engine quit on return. Landed off airport. Found broken connecting rod.

As the FAA filed it

LOW OIL PRESSURE ON CLIMBOUT. ENGINE QUIT ON RETURN. LANDED OFF AIRPORT. FOUND BROKEN CONNECTING ROD.