# Incident 20000709035109I: Mooney M20F, Daggett, CA, July 9, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2000, 09:18 local time
- Place: Daggett, CA
- Airport: Barstow-Daggett
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8537° N, 116.7867° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BARSTOW-DAGGETT (DAG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8537&lon=-116.7867&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3549N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3549N-2012-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 300 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/20000709035109I

## Narrative

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

(-23)WHILE AT CRUISE ALTITUDE, PILOT NOTICED ENGINE STARTING TO RUN ROUGHLY. HE NOTICED ATC AND LANDED AT NEAREST AIRPORT (DAG).  HIS MECHANIC FOUND THE FRONT CYLINDER (#2) CAP RETAINING PIN AND PLATE HAD CAME LOOSE CAUSING ENGINE TO NOT PERFORMED PROPERLY.  REPLACED PIN AND COVER, TIGHTENED ALL HARDWARE AND RETURNED AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE.  LAST ANNUAL ACCOMPLISHED 04/00.  NO FURTHER ACTION AT THIS TIME.

## Other reports on N3549N (1)

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

- [Accident 20090803857449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090803857449A), Aug 3, 2009: Mooney M20F (N3549N), Suffolk, VA, Substantial damage. After approximately 10 minutes of flight, the engine experienced a power loss due to fuel exhaustion. The pilot attempted a forced landing on a road, when he…

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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