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Incident

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Buffalo, NY · May 5, 1991

Date
May 5, 1991 · 20:41 local
Place
Buffalo, NY
Airport
Greater Buffalo International
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N5201X
Reported as
Mooney M20J
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,900 total1,200 in this make and model25 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.

Pilot experienced a rough running engine and landed at Buffalo. Found a bearing failure of turbo.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT EXPERIENCED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AND LANDED AT BUFFALO. FOUND A BEARING FAILURE OF TURBO.