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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Genoa, IL · August 20, 2002

Date: August 20, 2002 · 15:00 local
Place: Genoa, IL
Airport: Ramme Airport
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3384X
Reported as: Mooney M20E
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360A1A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,287 total800 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

N3384XRegistered now · Mooney M20ES/N 1097 · Built 1966 Airframe modelMooney M20E Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On final approach the pilot was too high, so he reduced throttle and experienced a rough running engine. The pilot chose to lean the mixture to solve the problem. Once on short final the aircraft began to sink rapidly and the pilot advanced the throttle with the mixture still leaned causing a power loss. The pilot glided the aircraft to the ground just short of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON FINAL APPROACH THE PILOT WAS TOO HIGH, SO HE REDUCED THROTTLE AND EXPERIENCED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. THE PILOT CHOSE TO LEAN THE MIXTURE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. ONCE ON SHORT FINAL THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SINK RAPIDLY AND THE PILOT ADVANCED THE THROTTLE WITH THE MIXTURE STILL LEANED CAUSING A POWER LOSS. THE PILOT GLIDED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE GROUND JUST SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.