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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands · August 7, 1991

Date
August 7, 1991 · 20:00 local
Place
Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands
Airport
Alexander Hamilton
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N201KV
Reported as
Mooney M20J
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1B6
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,150 total2,000 in this make and model50 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 lost power after liftoff. Landed straight ahead gear up. Found water in fuel tanks due to leaky tank cap.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER AFTER LIFTOFF. LANDED STRAIGHT AHEAD GEAR UP. FOUND WATER IN FUEL TANKS DUE TO LEAKY TANK CAP.