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Incident

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Cocoa Beach, FL · March 9, 1991

Date
March 9, 1991 · 18:05 local
Place
Cocoa Beach, FL
Airport
Patrick Afb
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N6059Q
Reported as
Mooney M20C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
450 total70 in this make and model30 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.

Excessive gyro precession. On IFR approach ATC issued a no gyro approach to Patrick Afb.

As the FAA filed it

EXCESSIVE GYRO PRECESSION. ON IFR APPROACH ATC ISSUED A NO GYRO APPROACH TO PATRICK AFB.