# Incident 19911229061189I: Mooney M20C, Nipton, CA, December 29, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 1991, 13:20 local time
- Place: Nipton, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4667° N, 115.2722° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nipton, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4667&lon=-115.2722&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1985Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1985Y-2005-11-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 330 total, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911229061189I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

- [Incident 20020517010609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020517010609I), May 17, 2002: Mooney M20C (N1985Y), Sedona, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot states that he put the gear down while on the down wind leg of a landing at Sedona Airport, he states that once he touched down on the runway the…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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