# Accident 20030128037669A: Mooney M20K, North Myrtle Be, SC, January 28, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 2003, 17:30 local time
- Place: North Myrtle Be, SC
- Airport: Grand Strand
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8117° N, 78.7239° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8117&lon=-78.7239&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231NT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N231NT-2008-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,433 total, 4,091 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA03LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030128037669A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 28, 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 1730 EASTERN STANDARD TIME MOONEY M20K, N231NT, DEPARTED GRAND STRAND AIRPORT (CRE), ON RUNWAY 23, AT NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA. AFTER N231NT WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT ROTATED, CLIMBED TO 200 FEET AGL, AND AT 1,000 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY THE PILOT STATED THAT SHE HEARD A LOUD POP FOLLOWED BY POWER FAILURE ON THE CONTINENTAL TSIO-520 AIRCRAFT ENGINE. SHE LOWERED THE GEAR AND ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP AT 100 YARDS FROM THE END AND 25 YARDS TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. VMC PREVAILED. THERE WERE MINOR INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND TO THE PASSENGER IN THE RIGHT SEAT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. ON SCENE INVESTIGATION DID NOT DETERMINE CAUSE FOR LOSS OF POWER OR SOURCE OF LOUD POP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA03LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA049), Jan 28, 2003: Mooney M20K (N231NT), Myrtle Beach, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N231NT (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20000904027109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000904027109I), Sep 4, 2000: Mooney M20K (N231NT), North Myrtle Be, SC, Minor damage. (-23)During approach for landing, the landing gear would not come down. Pilot performed wheels up landing on grass parallet to runway. Aircraft came to a stop…

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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