# Incident 19960411013599I: Mooney M20J, Mobile, AL, April 11, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1996, 17:59 local time
- Place: Mobile, AL
- Airport: Brookley
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6944° N, 88.0431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mobile, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6944&lon=-88.0431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4019H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4019H) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960411013599I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED HE WAS ON INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN FROM ALEXANDER CITY, AL TO NEW ORLEANS, LA LAKE FRONT AIRPORT. HE WAS IN LEVEL FLIGHT WHEN HE HAD A PARTIAL POWER LOSS. CALLED MOBILE APPROACH CONTROL, AND LANDED SAFELY WITH NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. WHEN THIS INSPECTOR TALKED TO MECHANIC, HE STATED THE #3 CYLINDER WAS DEAD, AND THE ENGINE HAD ONLY 37 HOURS TOTAL TIME SENSE NEW. HE WILL SUBMIT A M OR D FORM. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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