# Incident 19961005030949I: Mooney M20L, Wilmington, NC, October 5, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 1996, 12:45 local time
- Place: Wilmington, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2257° N, 77.9447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2257&lon=-77.9447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N217MP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N217MP-1997-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20L (registry code 5870221, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961005030949I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DEPARTED FROM WILMINGTON, NC ON OCTOBER 5, 1996. ABOUT THREE MINUTES INTO FLIGHT, ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH AND LOST POWER. PILOT TURNED BACK TO ILM. AIRCRAFT LANDED IN OCEAN. AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED WITH MINOR DAMAGE. IT IS UNKNOWN WHAT CAUSED THE ENGINE TO QUIT. INVESTIGATION OF ENGINE STILL IN PROGRESS.

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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