# Accident 20040709015609A: Cessna 340A, Mason City, IA, July 9, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2004, 11:40 local time
- Place: Mason City, IA
- Airport: Mason City Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1631° N, 93.3411° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1631&lon=-93.3411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60PP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N60PP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,866 total, 19 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA183) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040709015609A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS LOSING OIL PRESSURE, AND THEN ON FINAL APPROACH TO MCW THE OIL PRESSURE WAS 0 SO HE SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN. A HARD LANDING WAS MADE ON RUNWAY 35 AT MCW AND THE LEFT PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE RIGHT WING HAD DAMAGE THAT CREATED WRINKLES AND A TEAR IN THE SKIN ON THE BOTTOM OF THE RIGHT WING. THE DAMAGE WAS BOTH INBOARD AND OUTBOARD OF THE RIGHT NACELLE. ONE PASSENGER WAS ON BOARD, WITH NO INJURIES TO THE PASSENGER OR THE PILOT.

## 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 CHI04LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA183), Jul 9, 2004: Cessna 340A (N60PP), Mason City, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The proper touchdown point not obtain/maintained by the pilot following a single-engine approach to landing. Contributing factors were the vacuum pump oil leak, the low oil pressure of the propeller…

## Other reports on N60PP (1)

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

- [Incident 20080702847659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080702847659I), Jul 2, 2008: Cessna 340A (N60PP), Goshen, IN, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft enroute to elkart, IN from pdk airport in atlanta, GA. Diverted to Goshen, IN due to thunderstorms at elkhart. Pilot stated he heard something…

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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