# Incident 20000831026749I: Mooney M20K, Joseph, OR, August 31, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2000, 13:29 local time
- Place: Joseph, OR
- Airport: Joseph State Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.3595° N, 117.2538° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOSEPH STATE (JSY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3595&lon=-117.2538&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231ML, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231ML) (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 TSIO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,140 total, 250 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000831026749I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ENGINE RAN ROUGH, LANDED AT JOSEPH STATE AIRPORT, JOSEPH, OREGON. FOUND NUMBER SIX CYCLINDER BROKEN AWAY FROM THE ENGINE CASE. THE CYLINDER WAS CRACKED ALL AROUND THE BASE AND IT PULLED AWAY FROM THE CASE.

## Other reports on N231ML (1)

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

- [Incident 20041218033679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041218033679I), Dec 18, 2004: Mooney M20K (N231ML), Oroville, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot failed to lower the landing gear and landed the aircraft with the wheels up.

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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