# Accident 20020916037649A: Mooney M20J, Canandaigua, NY, September 16, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2002, 09:30 local time
- Place: Canandaigua, NY
- Airport: Canandaigua Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9089° N, 77.3252° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CANANDAIGUA (IUA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9089&lon=-77.3252&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201CZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N201CZ) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020916037649A

## Narrative

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

(-23) INSPECTOR STATEMENT: ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2002 AT ABOUT 9:30 A.M. LOCAL TIME IN THE VICINITY OF THE CANADAIGUA AIRPORT, CANANDAIGUA, NEW YORK, A MOONEY, MODEL M20, REGISTRATION NUMBER N201CJ CRASHED. AFTER TAKE-OFF THE ENGINE LOST POWER. EYEWITNESS STATED THAT AFTER DEPARTURE IT WAS APPARENT THAT THE ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING PROPERLY; THEY COULD SEE THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS GOING DOWN AND WOULD EVENTUALLY CRASH. THE PILOT, MR. MICHAEL MALONEY, WAS REMOVED FROM THE AIRPLANE AND MEDIVAC TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER. THE FOLLOWING OBSERVATIONS AT THE SCENE WERE NOTED: 1. THE PILOT WAS INJURED, TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, AND IS IN GUARDED CONDITION WITH BACK INJURIES. 2. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. 3. THE AIRPLANE CRASHED LANDED IN ROCK FILLED AREA CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. 4. THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED. 5. THE AIRPLANE WAS FUELED AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 LOCAL TIME ON THE EVENING OF SEPTEMBER 15, 2002. (7 GALLONS LEFT AND 13 GALLONS RIGHT). 6. FUEL SAMPLES TAKEN FROM N201CZ LEFT TANK SHOWED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WATER CONTAMINATION. FUEL SAMPLE FROM THE RIGHT TANK WAS NORMAL. 7. THE FUEL LINE FEEDING THE FLOW DIVIDER HAD TRACES OF WATER. 8. THE IGNITION SYSTEM WAS CHECKED AND WAS FOUND TO BE NORMAL. 9. THE COMPRESSION TEST OF ALL FOUR CYLINDERS WAS NORMAL. 10. THE FLOW DIVIDER FROM THE IO-360 LYCOMING ENGINE WAS DISASSEMBLED AND TRACES OF WATER COULD BE SEEN ON THE HOUSING AND RUBBER DIAPHRAGM. (SEE ATTACHED PHOTOS). 11. THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN RECENTLY PAINTED AS THE FUEL CAP "O" RINGS WERE COVERED WITH PAINT OVER SPRAY AND WERE NOT REPLACED. 12. MOONEY SERVICE BULLETIN M20-239 DEALS WITH FUEL FILLER CAOP INSPECTIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS. (SEE ATTACHED). 13. ANOTHER AIRPLANE N252TW WAS FUELED JUST AFTER MR. MALONEY'S. 14. FUEL SAMPLES TAKEN FROM N252TW WERE FOUND TO BE NORMAL. 15. SATISFACTORY FUEL TESTS WERE PERFORMED BY AIR BP FUEL SUPPLIER AND THE RESULTS ARE ATTACHED. 16. THE WEATHER REPORT FROM NOAA FOR THE TIME OF 1800 TO 1900 LOCAL TIME ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2002 CALLED FOR MODERATE RAIN. (SEE ATTACHED REPORT). 17. THE MOONEY M20J HAS AN AD NUMBER 85-24-03 THAT DEALS WITH FUEL OR LIQUID BEING TRAPPED UNDER THE RIB AREA THAT CAN NOT DRAIN.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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