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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Kendall, FL · February 26, 2011

Date
February 26, 2011 · 14:30 local
Place
Kendall, FL
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N435RT
Reported as
Mooney M20E
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
745 total508 in this make and model3 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.

After take off engine start sputtering, turning into crosswind engine continued to loose power and in downwind engine stopped. Airmen requested tower immediate attention and was cleared to land. Airmen then landed on a grass strip on the same airport.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER TAKE OFF ENGINE START SPUTTERING, TURNING INTO CROSSWIND ENGINE CONTINUED TO LOOSE POWER AND IN DOWNWIND ENGINE STOPPED. AIRMEN REQUESTED TOWER IMMEDIATE ATTENTION AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND. AIRMEN THEN LANDED ON A GRASS STRIP ON THE SAME AIRPORT.