# Incident 20030821019489I: Mooney M20M, Salina, KS, August 21, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2003, 09:30 local time
- Place: Salina, KS
- Airport: Salina Municipal
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7906° N, 97.6522° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALINA RGNL (SLN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7906&lon=-97.6522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57BP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N57BP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20M (registry code 5870222, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20M
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540AF1B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 510 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030821019489I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED SALINA, KANSAS, (SLN) ENROUTE TO COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO. APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES WEST OF SALINA, THE ENGINE DEVELOPED A "KNOCKING" SOUND DURING CLIMBOUT. THE PILOT RETURNED TO SALINA AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER LANDING, INITIAL INVESTIGATION REVEALED METAL IN THE ENGINE OIL.

## Other reports on N57BP (2)

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

- [Incident 20140531011309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140531011309I), May 31, 2014: Mooney M20M (N57BP), Waterford, MI, Minor damage. Pilot failed to extend landing gear upon landing.
- [Incident 20031111027179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031111027179I), Nov 11, 2003: Mooney M20M (N57BP), Indianapolis, IN, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot selected the landing gear down at the final approach fix. The landing gear did not extend. The pilot became distracted, failed to heed the…

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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