19990110008579I

Incident

FAA incident report · Mooney M20K · Nucla, CO · January 10, 1999

Date
January 10, 1999 · 17:46 local
Place
Nucla, CO
Airport
Hopkins Field Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N123VW
Reported as
Mooney M20K
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,218 total575 in this make and model42 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While in cruise flight the pilot experienced a rough running engine and smoke in the cabin. Pilot reduced engine power, turned all electrical power, cabin heat, and executed an emergency landing at the new cliff, CO airport (6V6). Aircraft landed without incident. Maintenance personnel from cimarron air located at montrose, CO, inspected the aircraft and discovered that the engine had developed a crack in one of the cylinder heads. This allowed oil to come in contact with the exhaust system producing the smoke which entered through the heater system. Cylinder was changed and a m&d form 8010-4 was submitted by the agency performing the maintenance. This incident is closed with no further action.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AND SMOKE IN THE CABIN. PILOT REDUCED ENGINE POWER, TURNED ALL ELECTRICAL POWER, CABIN HEAT, AND EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT THE NEW CLIFF, CO AIRPORT (6V6). AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FROM CIMARRON AIR LOCATED AT MONTROSE, CO, INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE HAD DEVELOPED A CRACK IN ONE OF THE CYLINDER HEADS. THIS ALLOWED OIL TO COME IN CONTACT WITH THE EXHAUST SYSTEM PRODUCING THE SMOKE WHICH ENTERED THROUGH THE HEATER SYSTEM. CYLINDER WAS CHANGED AND A M&D FORM 8010-4 WAS SUBMITTED BY THE AGENCY PERFORMING THE MAINTENANCE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH NO FURTHER ACTION.