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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · El Paso, TX · July 30, 1991

Date
July 30, 1991 · 06:57 local
Place
El Paso, TX
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N99TP
Reported as
Mooney M20E
Reported engine
Lycoming O360*
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,250 total91 in this make and model15 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 quit inflight. Forced landing on a highway. There appears to be very little fuel in fuel system.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT INFLIGHT. FORCED LANDING ON A HIGHWAY. THERE APPEARS TO BE VERY LITTLE FUEL IN FUEL SYSTEM.