# Incident 20020820029149I: Mooney M20E, Genoa, IL, August 20, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2002, 15:00 local time
- Place: Genoa, IL
- Airport: Ramme Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0910° N, 88.6950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Genoa, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0910&lon=-88.6950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3384X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3384X) (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: 3,287 total, 800 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020820029149I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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