# Incident 19920401011229I: Mooney M20A, Columbus, NE, April 1, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 1992, 19:28 local time
- Place: Columbus, NE
- Airport: Columbus Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4487° N, 97.3409° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBUS MUNI (OLU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4487&lon=-97.3409&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8397E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8397E-2023-03-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20A (registry code 5870204, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20a) (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 M20A
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920401011229I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILURE INFLIGHT. EMERGENCY LANDING AT COLUMBUS. LANDED SAFELY. ENGINE HAD A BROKEN CRANKSHAFT.

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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