# Incident 20041219032649I: Mooney M20K, Bowling Green, KY, December 19, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 2004, 18:57 local time
- Place: Bowling Green, KY
- Airport: Bowling Green-Warren County
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9645° N, 86.4197° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWLING GREEN-WARREN COUNTY RGNL (BWG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9645&lon=-86.4197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N305H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N305H) (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/20041219032649I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 12/19/2004 AT 18:57 EST AIRCRAFT N305H, A MOONEY M-20K ENROUTE FROM PHT TO PBX DIVERTED TO BWG DUE TO ENGINE PROBLEM AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT BWG, KY. PILOT STATED "HE WAS IN LEVEL CRUISE AT FLIGHT LEVEL 190 WHEN OIL PRESSURE STARTED DROPPING, THEN ENGINE STARTED LOSING POWER AND RUNNING ROUGH SO HE BEGAN DESCENT AND SHUT ENGINE DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY FLIGHT LEVEL 110. HE HAD BOWLING GREEN AIRPORT, BWG IN SIGHT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. TURBOCHARGER SEAL FAILURE CAUSED LOSS OF ENGINE OIL AND SUBSEQUENT IN FLIGHT SHUT DOWN OF ENGINE.

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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