# Incident 20041010028839I: Mooney M20J, Cullman, AL, October 10, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2004, 11:30 local time
- Place: Cullman, AL
- Airport: Folsom Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1769° N, 86.8407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cullman, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1769&lon=-86.8407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4626H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4626H) (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 IO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,457 total, 46 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041010028839I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 10, 2004, AT 1630Z, THE PILOT OF AIRPLANE N4626H, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON RUNWAY (2) AT (3A1) CULLMAN AIRPORT IN CULLMAN, ALABAMA. THE AIRPLANE LANDED WITH THE GEAR UP DUE TO LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE ON THE BASE LEG. PILOT DEPARTED FROM HUNTSVILLE, AL AIRPORT (HSV) AT APPROXIMATELY 1610Z AND ARRIVED AT CULLMAN AIRPORT (3A1) AT 1630Z. HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR WITH FULL FLAPS DOWN, AND WHILE TURNING BASE FOR RUNWAY (2); HE NOTICED THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DROPPING. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RECOVER SYSTEM BUT EXPERIENCED A STRONG VIBRATION. ENGINE LOST POWER AND PROPELLER STOPPED ROTATING. PILOT RAISED THE LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS TO CLEAR THE TREES ON THE SOUTH END OF THE AIRPORT, AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO LOWER LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS AFTER CLEARING THE TREES. PILOT LANDED WITH GEAR UP WHICH CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTTOM OF FUSELAGE AND THE PROPELLER BLADE TIP. PILOT INCURRED NO INJURIES.

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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