19990212011879I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Beuford, MN · February 12, 1999

Date: February 12, 1999 · 09:45 local
Place: Beuford, MN
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N21NA
Reported as: Mooney M20F
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360A1A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,601 total127 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

N21NARegistered now · Mooney M20FS/N 680203 · Built 1968 Airframe modelMooney M20F Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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.

After descending from 8000 to 6000 ft. the pilot noticed that the cylinder head temperature was climbing,the mixture control was leaned, hwoever the temp. Continued to climb, when the pilot moved the mixture control to full rich the engine quit. An emergency landing was executed on a county road and a mailbox maintenance removed and replaced the fuel servo injector (RSA-5AD1, s/n 54863).

As the FAA filed it

AFTER DESCENDING FROM 8000 TO 6000 FT. THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE CYLINDER HEAD TEMPERATURE WAS CLIMBING,THE MIXTURE CONTROL WAS LEANED, HWOEVER THE TEMP. CONTINUED TO CLIMB, WHEN THE PILOT MOVED THE MIXTURE CONTROL TO FULL RICH THE ENGINE QUIT. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS EXECUTED ON A COUNTY ROAD AND A MAILBOX MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED THE FUEL SERVO INJECTOR (RSA-5AD1, S/N 54863).