# Incident 20011008029509I: Mooney M20K, Blythe, CA, October 8, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 2001, 09:00 local time
- Place: Blythe, CA
- Airport: Blythe Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6192° N, 114.7169° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLYTHE (BLH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6192&lon=-114.7169&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5262M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5262M-2013-06-07) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,180 total, 495 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011008029509I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING TRIM ADJUSTMENT, PILOT EXPERIENCED AN UNCOMMANDED NOSE DOWN PITCH AT APPROXIMATELY 10,000 MSL, 10-15 MILES WEST OF BLYTHE, CA. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY LANDING INTO BLYTHE, CA AIRPORT AND SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. GROUND INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT ELEVATOR TRIM SWITCH HAD STUCK IN THE NOSE DOWN POSITION.

## Other reports on N5262M (1)

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

- [Incident 19960918033779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960918033779I), Sep 18, 1996: Mooney M20R (N5262M), Atlantic City, NJ, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot attempted landing on runway 11. Wind at acy was reported as 320 at 13 knots. After touch-down, the aircraft did not decelerate and the pilot…

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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