# Incident 19960615014019I: Mooney M20J, Auburn, AL, June 15, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 1996, 20:30 local time
- Place: Auburn, AL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6099° N, 85.4808° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Auburn, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6099&lon=-85.4808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5774J (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 110 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960615014019I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT FROM DESTIN, FL TO AUBURN, AL. PILOT WAS CLEARED TO DESCEND TO 2,500 FEET FOR HIS ARRIVAL INTO THE AUBURN AIRPORT. PILOT STATED THAT AFTER INCREASING THE MIXTURE CONTROL TO FULL RICH, SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE ENGINE FAILED. ENGINE WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THROTTLE APPLICATION. PILOT SWITCHED TO THE OPPOSITE FUEL TANK, COMPLIED WITH THE ENGINE FAILURE EMERGENCY PROCEDURE, AND ENGINE STILL WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THROTTLE APPLICATION. PILOT MADE OFF AIRPORT, NIGHT EMERGENCY FORCED LANDING IN A PLOWED CORN FIELD. UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO STOP. LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND RETRACTED IN WHEEL WELL. POST INCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED MINOR DAMAGE TO LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY AND RIGHT WING TIP. FUEL ON BOARD WAS ESTIMATED BY VISUAL SIGHT GAUGE ON WING AND OBSERVING FUEL IN TANKS AS APPROXIMATELY 8 GALLONS OF FUEL IN THE RIGHT MAIN TANK AND 12 GALLONS OF FUEL IN LEFT MAIN TANK. ENGINE FAILED DUE TO UNKNOWN CAUSES. WILL REQUEST MDR AFTER ANALYSIS. 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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