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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Nipton, CA · December 29, 1991

Date
December 29, 1991 · 13:20 local
Place
Nipton, CA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1985Y
Reported as
Mooney M20C
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
330 total30 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 reported engine quit and descending in clouds. Broke out of clouds. Landed on road. Suspect carburetor icing.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED ENGINE QUIT AND DESCENDING IN CLOUDS. BROKE OUT OF CLOUDS. LANDED ON ROAD. SUSPECT CARBURETOR ICING.

Other reports on N1985Y · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.