41.5087° N, 72.8295° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at MERIDEN MARKHAM MUNI (MMK), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
May 23, 1991 · 14:00 local
Place
Meriden, CT
Airport
Meriden Markham Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N4561H
Reported as
Mooney M20J
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1B6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,550 total50 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.
Engine losing power. Elected to land at airport. Porpoised and ran off runway. Mixture control had broken clamp.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE LOSING POWER. ELECTED TO LAND AT AIRPORT. PORPOISED AND RAN OFF RUNWAY. MIXTURE CONTROL HAD BROKEN CLAMP.