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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20K · Mount Sterling, IL · July 13, 2009

Date
July 13, 2009 · 20:12 local
Place
Mount Sterling, IL
Airport
Mount Sterling Municipal
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N231NS
Reported as
Mooney M20K
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360GB
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,900 total1,500 in this make and model35 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.

(-23) The left magneto was found to fail only after warming up and the right magneto was found to have bronz metal shavings inside from the failure of the gear bearing. There was moisture found in both magnetos.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE LEFT MAGNETO WAS FOUND TO FAIL ONLY AFTER WARMING UP AND THE RIGHT MAGNETO WAS FOUND TO HAVE BRONZ METAL SHAVINGS INSIDE FROM THE FAILURE OF THE GEAR BEARING. THERE WAS MOISTURE FOUND IN BOTH MAGNETOS.