# Incident 19890512024709I: Mooney M20K, Casper, WY, May 12, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1989, 17:05 local time
- Place: Casper, WY
- Airport: Natrona County International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8421° N, 106.3213° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Casper, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8421&lon=-106.3213&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231DH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231DH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360CB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 780 total, 350 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890512024709I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE LOST MANIFOLD PRESSURE. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT CASPER. PROBABLY HAD CARBUERETOR ICING.

## Other reports on N231DH (3)

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

- [Incident 19931114051279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931114051279I), Nov 14, 1993: Mooney M20K (N231DH), Watkins, CO, Minor damage. Engine power loss inflight . Forced landing in field while being vectored to airport. Fuel injector line was loose.
- [Incident 19910211006059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910211006059I), Feb 11, 1991: Mooney M20K (N231DH), Great Falls, MT. Right main gear tire went flat on landing rollout.
- [Incident 19830911065699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830911065699I), Sep 11, 1983: Mooney M20K (N231DH), Perham, MN, Minor damage. Encountered sink rate on final with stall horn on. Made no correction like adding power. Landed 100 feet short.

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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