# Incident 20020222004999I: Mooney M20E, Decauter, GA, February 22, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 2002, 11:09 local time
- Place: Decauter, GA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N5600Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5600Q) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 11,081 total, 500 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020222004999I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FIRST REPORTED AS ACCIDENT; DETERMINED INCIDENT AT SCENE. N5600Q LOST ENGINE POWER DURING CRUISE FLIGHT. PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING IN OPEN FIELD. PILOT ELECTED TO LAND GEAR UP DUE TO GLIDE DISTANCE TO FIELD. SOME PROPELLER DAMAGE AND DAMAGE TO PASSENGER LOADING STEP. INSPECTION FOUND #3 CYL FUEL EJECTOR PLUGGED WITH SMALL PIECE OF TRASH. FUEL SYSTEM FOUND CLEAN. NO OTHER MALFUNCTIONS NOTED.

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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