# Incident 20000809026109I: Mooney M20C, Louisa, VA, August 9, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2000, 14:30 local time
- Place: Louisa, VA
- Airport: Louisa County/Freeman Field Ap
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0098° N, 77.9701° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOUISA COUNTY/FREEMAN FLD (LKU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0098&lon=-77.9701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6435U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6435U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 90 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000809026109I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 9, 2000, AIRCRAFT DEPARTED (RDH) READING, PA, ENROUTE TO (5WS) RALEIGH, NC, AT 1415 LOCAL. SOUTHEAST OF (LKU) LOUISA, VA, THE PILOT REPORTED TO RIC ATC A ROUGH ENGINE AND HIS INTENT TO LAND IN A FIELD ABOUT 2 MILES FROM LKU.  ENGINE CEASED AND AIRCRAFT LANDED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT.  AN ON-SCENE INVESTIGATION DETERMINED EXTERNAL LOSS OF OIL.  ONE QUART WAS FOUND REMAINING ON THE OIL DIP STICK.  NO OBVIOUS DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO THE ENGINE EXTERIOR.  OIL WAS OBSERVED IN THE ACCESSORY AREA AND UNDER THE FUSELAGE.

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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