# Incident 19960301005259I: Mooney M20J, Wendover, UT, March 1, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 1996, 10:30 local time
- Place: Wendover, UT
- Airport: Wendover Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7187° N, 114.0287° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WENDOVER (ENV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7187&lon=-114.0287&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5258G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5258G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A3B6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 675 total, 500 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960301005259I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 1, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 AM (MST), A MOONEY M20J, N5258G, OPERATED BY MR. DAVID HOUSER, A PRIVATE, CERTIFICATED PILOT, DEPARTED WENDOVER, UTAH ENROUTE TO SALT LAKE CITY. FIVE MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE ENGINE, AND OIL STREAKED PAST THE WINDSCREEN. THE PILOT INITIATED AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT THE WENDOVER, AIRPORT. THE LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ON BOARD AND THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED. THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE INCURRED A HOLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CRANKCASE.

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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