# Incident 20030506010069I: Mooney M20J, Knox, IN, May 6, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2003, 10:50 local time
- Place: Knox, IN
- Airport: Starke County Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3297° N, 86.6646° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STARKE COUNTY (OXI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3297&lon=-86.6646&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201BD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N201BD-2006-09-12) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO360C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 1,700 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030506010069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N201BD WAS ENROUTE FROM NORFOLK, NE, TO OLDBRIDGE, NJ AT 11,000 FT. PILOT INFORMED ATC THAT HE WAS LOSING OIL PRESSURE 5 MILES S.E. OF OXI (KNOX) AIRPORT. PILOT REQUESTED LOWER ALTITUDE AND LANDING AT OXI. ENGINE SEIZED UP ON DOWN WIND LEG AT OXI. AIRCRAFT LANDED AT OXI W/O INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N201BD (1)

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

- [Accident 20060424008309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060424008309A), Apr 24, 2006: Mooney M20J (N201BD), Norwood, MA, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot departed Norwood airport, Norwood, MA (owd with an IFR planned flight to readington, NJ (N51). At approximately 0815HRS aircraft took off at…

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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