20021220035599I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20B · Danville, IL · December 20, 2002

Date: December 20, 2002 · 19:25 local
Place: Danville, IL
Airport: Vermilion County
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N74725
Reported as: Mooney M20B
Reported engine: Lycoming O360*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 855 total125 in this make and model44 in the last 90 days

N74725Registered now · Mooney M20BS/N 1725 Airframe modelMooney M20B Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) On December 21 while on a personal flight the appropriately rated and certificated private pilot was in normal cruise at 4000MSL when he experienced a total engine failure. The PIC declared an emergency, with cmi approach control. The PIC made an emergency landing approximately 15 miles sw of Danville, Illinois airport (dnv) coming to rest in a harvested field. The pilot and single passenger exited the aircraft without injury. The aircraft suffered minor damage to the belly of the aircraft and propeller.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON DECEMBER 21 WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT THE APPROPRIATELY RATED AND CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS IN NORMAL CRUISE AT 4000MSL WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE. THE PIC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, WITH CMI APPROACH CONTROL. THE PIC MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES SW OF DANVILLE, ILLINOIS AIRPORT (DNV) COMING TO REST IN A HARVESTED FIELD. THE PILOT AND SINGLE PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT AND PROPELLER.