24.5561° N, 81.7600° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at KEY WEST INTL (EYW), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
August 28, 1994 · 12:41 local
Place
Key West, FL
Airport
Key West International
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N38DF
Reported as
Mooney M20J
Reported engine
Continental IO360A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total200 in this make and model6 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 on approach to eyw. Landed in four feet of water near nas. Cause power loss unknown.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE QUIT ON APPROACH TO EYW. LANDED IN FOUR FEET OF WATER NEAR NAS. CAUSE POWER LOSS UNKNOWN.