# Incident 20000807027439I: Mooney M20K, Huron, SD, August 7, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2000, 19:31 local time
- Place: Huron, SD
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3623° N, 98.2096° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huron, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3623&lon=-98.2096&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231EC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N231EC-2019-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360LB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 1,000 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/20000807027439I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON AUGUST 7, 2000 AT 1931 LOCAL A MOONEY N231EC OWNED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING DURING A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM MANKATO, NM TO CALIFORNIA. VFR WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED, NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  OIL WAS NOTED COMING FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE.  THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT HURON, SD.  THE MECHANIC FOUND THE #4 ENGINE CYLINDER INTAKE ROCKERARM CAME LOOSE AND THE RETAINER NUT HAD BEEN PUSHED THROUGH THE ROCKER COVER.  FURHTER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE PISTON FOR THIS CYLINDER HAD A HOLE BURNED THROUGH.

## Other reports on N231EC (1)

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

- [Accident 20180811010969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180811010969A), Aug 11, 2018: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N231EC), Baker City, OR, Destroyed, 2 fatal. The aircraft departed keul, caldwell, id on the morning of aug 11, 2018 with the airman and passenger. The aircraft flew to kbke, Baker City Oregon. According…

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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