# Accident 19940517011159A: Mooney STCM20, Toledo, OH, May 17, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1994, 19:37 local time
- Place: Toledo, OH
- Airport: Toledo Express
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5803° N, 83.8906° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5803&lon=-83.8906&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1007A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1007A-1996-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY STCM20
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520NB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,210 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC94FA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94FA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940517011159A

## Narrative

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

SEVERE ENGINE VIBRATION. DIVERTED TO TOL BUT HIT TREES SHORT. CYLINDER CRACKED. PASSED OPEN FIELDS. OVER GROSS WT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC94FA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94FA082), May 17, 1994: Mooney M20K (N1007A), Swanton, OH, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: FAILURE OF AN ENGINE CYLINDER WHICH RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ESTABLISH THE PROPER DESCENT PATH TO AN AIRPORT THAT WAS WITHIN THE GLIDE DISTANCE OF THE AIRPLANE.…

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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