# Incident 20041227033709I: Mooney M20K, Bakersfield, CA, December 27, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2004, 14:56 local time
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Airport: Meadows Field
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4339° N, 119.0577° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEADOWS FLD (BFL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4339&lon=-119.0577&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4822H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4822H-2018-04-19) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 4,800 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041227033709I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N4822H WAS ENROUTE FROM SAN DIEGO, CA MONTGOMERY FIELD TO LINCOLN, CA RGNL UNDER IFR AT FL220 WHEN THE PILOT REPORTED LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOLLOWED BY ENGINE FAILURE. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO BAKERSFIELD, CA MEADOWS FIELD AND LANDED SAFELY AT 1456PDT. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE AS HE DESCENDED THROUGH 9000'. AFTER LANDING, THE ENGINE WAS FOUND TO OPERATE NORMALLY AND NO DISCREPANCIES WERE DISCOVERED DURING AN INSPECTION BY A CERTIFICATED MECHANIC. AT 1620PDT, THE PILOT DEPARTED UNDER IFR FROM BAKERSFIELD TO LINCOLN. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING UNDER INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. AIRMET Z, IN EFFECT AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT CALLED FOR ICING CONDITIONS ABOVE THE FREEZING LEVEL (6000'-8000') OVER THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. SEVERAL PILOT REPORTS IN THE VICINITY OF BAKERSFIELD INDICATED THAT RIME ICING WAS PRESENT. N4822H IS PROHIBITED FROM FLYING INTO KNOWN ICING CONDITIONS. (NOTE: THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT ICING CONDITIONS CAUSED THE ENGINE PROBLEM, HOWEVER THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED OUTSIDE OF THE LIMITATIONS IN ITS FLIGHT MANUAL).

## Other reports on N4822H (3)

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

- [Incident 20110427007469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110427007469I), Apr 27, 2011: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N4822H), Lincoln, NE, No damage. The aircraft departed 4V0 (rangely, CO) at 1802Z on an IFR flight to vys (IL valley rgnl). The pilot had filed for an altitude of 17,000 and then decided to…
- [Incident 19991117034029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991117034029I), Nov 17, 1999: Mooney M20K (N4822H), Spokane, WA. (-23) The pilot had departed felts field, Spokane, WA (sff) enroute IFR to boise, id (boi). At 8,500, the aircraft engine began to lose power. The pilot…
- [Incident 19980413018159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980413018159I), Apr 13, 1998: Mooney M20K (N4822H), Pembina, ND. Diverted pmd due rough engine. Checked ok. Returned msy. Recheck indicates induction ice. Alternator diode defective.

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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