# Incident 20000430020489I: Mooney M20J, Bellglade, FL, April 30, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2000, 15:15 local time
- Place: Bellglade, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.6922° N, 80.6660° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Belle Glade, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6922&lon=-80.6660&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28FY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28FY) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 200 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/20000430020489I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT PERFORMED AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING IN A SUGAR CANE FIELD. PIC NOTED A RAPID DECLINE IN ENGINE POWER. PIC PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A SUGAR CANE FIELD. THE LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLIES DUG INTO THE SOFT SOIL AND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE TO PIVOT AROUND ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR APPROXIMATELY 110 DEGREES BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE PASSENGER SUFFERED A MINOR INJURY TO THE NOSE AND THE PIC WAS UNINJURED. THE ENGINE WAS NOT ROTATING WHEN THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. THERE WAS NO FIRE. THERE WAS NO MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLIES. THERE WAS NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE. INVESTIGATION OF THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE FAILURE REVEALED THAT THE MAGNETO RETENTION HARDWARE WAS NO LONGER INSTALLED ON TNE ENGINE WHICH ALLOWED THE SINGLE COMBINED MAGNETO ASSEMBLY TO BECOME DISENGAGED FROM FROM THE ENGINE THUS CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STOP OPERATING WHILE IN FLIGHT. THERE WAS NO IVIDENCE OF THE RETENTION HARDWARE IN OR AROUND THE ENGINE NACELLE AREA.

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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