# Incident 19810517033599I: Mooney M20J, Danville, CA, May 17, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1981, 07:45 local time
- Place: Danville, CA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8121° N, 121.9698° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Danville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8121&lon=-121.9698&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201BH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N201BH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 900 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810517033599I

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING ON FREEWAY DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE. MAINTENANCE SUSPECTS A THROWN CONNECTING ROD.

## Other reports on N201BH (2)

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

- [Incident 19960223005999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960223005999I), Feb 23, 1996: Mooney M20J (N201BH), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: on February 23, 1996, at approximately 1929 PST, a Mooney 201, N201BH, operated by jerald r. bernacchi, had the landing gear collapse on a landing…
- [Incident 19840104008069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840104008069I), Jan 4, 1984: Mooney M20J (N201BH), Hayward, CA, Minor damage. Engine failed on lift off. Landed gear up on remaining runway. Found water in fuel.

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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