# Incident 19980828035899I: Mooney M20F, Ithaca, NY, August 28, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1998, 12:30 local time
- Place: Ithaca, NY
- Airport: Tompkins County
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4439° N, 76.5031° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ithaca, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4439&lon=-76.5031&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9596M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9596M-2018-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980828035899I

## Narrative

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

ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1998, AT 1230 EDT, A MOONEY M20F, N9596M, S/N 670173, REGISTERED TO PAUL DEVORE EXPERIENCED SMOKE ODOR IN THE COCKPIT AND INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL SURGES. THE PILOT, MR. PAUL DEVORE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT TOMPKINS COUNTY AIRPORT, ITHACA, NEW YORK.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP, WITH CRASH, FIRE AND RESCUE (CFR) EQUIPMENT STANDING BY.  MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND THAT THE GENERATOR WAS SEIZED AND NOT ROTATING.  THEY REMOVED AND REPLACED THE GENERATOR ASSEMBLY AND RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MORGANTOWN, WV, ON AUGUST 28, 1998.  THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N9596M (1)

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

- [Accident 20061227029579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061227029579A), Dec 27, 2006: Mooney M20F (N9596M), Mt Gilead, OH, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) On 12/27/2006 at about 1426 local time, a Mooney M20F, N9596M, s/n 670173 crashed into a heavily wooded area in harmony township, morrow county, Ohio.…

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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