# Incident 20021220035599I: Mooney M20B, Danville, IL, December 20, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2002, 19:25 local time
- Place: Danville, IL
- Airport: Vermilion County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1998° N, 87.5952° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VERMILION RGNL (DNV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1998&lon=-87.5952&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74725, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N74725) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20B (registry code 5870206, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20B
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 855 total, 125 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021220035599I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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