# Incident 19991117034029I: Mooney M20K, Spokane, WA, November 17, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 1999, 10:00 local time
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Airport: Spokane International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6190° N, 117.5352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPOKANE INTL (GEG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6190&lon=-117.5352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4822H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4822H-2018-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360LB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,700 total, 3,700 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991117034029I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT HAD DEPARTED FELTS FIELD, SPOKANE, WA (SFF) ENROUTE IFR TO BOISE, ID (BOI). AT 8,500, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER.  THE PILOT NOTIFIED ATC AT SPOKANE, (GEG) AND ADVISED THEM OF THE PROBLEM AND ASKED FOR A VECTOR TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT.  A FEW MOMENTS LATER, THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER AND THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.  HE WAS VECTORED TO SPOKANE AND MANEUVERED THE AIRCRAFT UNTIL HE WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE LOCALIZER FOR RUNWAY 03.  THE PILOT EXECUTED A DEAD-STICK APPROACH THRU THE OVERCAST, BROKE OUT AT APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET ONLY TO FIND THAT HE WOULD BE UNABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE RUNWAY OF INTENDED LANDING.  AT THIS TIME, HE ELECTED TO ATTEMPT A LANDING ON A HARD SURFACE ROAD THAT IS TO THE RIGHT OF RUNWAY 03.  HE AVOIDED NUMEROUS OBSTACLES TO INCLUDE VEHICLES, POWER POLES, POWER LINES, MAIL BOXES, AND BUILDINGS.  WHEN THE LANDING WAS ASSURED, HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON A ROAD WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR PROPERTY.

## Other reports on N4822H (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20110427007469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110427007469I), Apr 27, 2011: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N4822H), Lincoln, NE, No damage. The aircraft departed 4V0 (rangely, CO) at 1802Z on an IFR flight to vys (IL valley rgnl). The pilot had filed for an altitude of 17,000 and then decided to…
- [Incident 20041227033709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041227033709I), Dec 27, 2004: Mooney M20K (N4822H), Bakersfield, CA. (-23) N4822H was enroute from san diego, CA montgomery field to lincoln, CA rgnl under IFR at FL220 when the pilot reported loss of engine power followed by…
- [Incident 19980413018159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980413018159I), Apr 13, 1998: Mooney M20K (N4822H), Pembina, ND. Diverted pmd due rough engine. Checked ok. Returned msy. Recheck indicates induction ice. Alternator diode defective.

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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