# Incident 20010725021229I: Mooney M20J, Wahpeton, ND, July 25, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2001, 13:05 local time
- Place: Wahpeton, ND
- Airport: Harry Stern Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.2443° N, 96.6072° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARRY STERN (BWP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2443&lon=-96.6072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201ST, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N201ST) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,550 total, 900 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/20010725021229I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS AT CRUISE AT 7000' MSL WHEN AIRCRAFT ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AND LOST POWER. PILOT MADE DESCENT INTO NEAREST AIRPORT (BWP) AND LANDED WITHOUT POWER. AIRCRAFT RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. POST INCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED THAT ENGINE CASE HAD CRACKED NEAR THE BASE OF THE NUMBER 2 CYLINDER CAUSING THE CYLINDER TO PARTIALLY SEPARATE FROM THE ENGINE, WHICH CAUSED POWER LOSS AND SUBSEQUENT ENGINE FAILURE.

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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