# Incident 20010707023119I: Mooney M20E, Punta Gorda, FL, July 7, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2001, 17:00 local time
- Place: Punta Gorda, FL
- Airport: Charlotte County
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.8940° N, 82.0665° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Punta Gorda, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.8940&lon=-82.0665&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3484X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3484X-2015-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 330 total, 100 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010707023119I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 7, 2001, AT 1700 EASTERN TIME, A MOONEY M20E, REGISTERED TO THOMAS TEDESCHI, WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 7500 FEET GOING FROM VENICE, FLORIDA AIRPORT TO VERO BEACH AIRPORT WHEN A LOUD POPPING NOISE WAS HEARD. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED THE FLIGHT TO CHARLOTTE COUNTY AIRPORT, IN PUNTA GORDA, FLORIDA, WHERE A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE WAS EXAMINED WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THE LOWER SPARK PLUG ON THE NUMBER ONE CYLINDER WAS BLOWN OUT ALONG WITH PART OF THE CYLINDER HEAD. THE AIRCRAFT IS BEING REPAIRED BY MOD WORKS LOCATED ON THE FIELD IN PUNTA GORDA, FLORIDA.

## Other reports on N3484X (1)

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

- [Accident 20130303002099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130303002099A), Mar 3, 2013: Mooney M20E (N3484X), Angel Fire, NM, Destroyed, 4 fatal. Weather data: 032035Z auto 24038G54KT 10SM clr 08/M08 A2993 rmk A02 T0078103 Mooney M20E, s/n 1156, N3484X, departed runway 17 at Angel Fire, new Mexico (kaxx)…

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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