# Incident 20040916025439I: Mooney M20K, Evansville, IN, September 16, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2004, 16:45 local time
- Place: Evansville, IN
- Airport: Evansville Dress Regional
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9748° N, 87.5558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Evansville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9748&lon=-87.5558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66ET, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66ET-2016-08-22) (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 TSIO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040916025439I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 9/16/04, N66ET, A MO20 DEPARTED LOUISVILLE, KY ENROUTE TO MITCHUM, FT. WORTH, TX AT AN ALTITUDE OF 16,000 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE AT 1645C. THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD BANG. THE ENGINE'S TEMPERATURE AND OIL PRESSURE GAUGE WENT TO ZERO. THE PILOT SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS 5 MILES SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT ANY INCIDENTS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN TO TRI-STATE AERO REPAIR STATION WHICH IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE #3 ENGINE CYLINDER SEPARATED. THERE WERE SIGNS OF POSSIBLE FATIGUE CRACK ON THE CYLINDER. THE AIRCRAFT LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS ACCOMPLISHED TWO MONTHS AGO. IN ADDITION, THE ENGINE WAS VERY CLOSE TO TBO.

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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