# Incident 20080324833609I: Mooney M20K, Huntsville, TX, March 24, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2008, 09:09 local time
- Place: Huntsville, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.7235° N, 95.5508° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntsville, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7235&lon=-95.5508&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231DE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N231DE-2020-08-02) (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 TSIO360LB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080324833609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE ENGINE STARTED TO SPUTTER AND LOSE POWER JUST AFTER TAKE OFF DURING CLIMB, THE PILOT CIRCLED TO FIND AN OPEN FIELD AND PROCEEDED WITH AN EMERGENCY OFF FIELD LANDING. ON LANDING ROLL-OUT THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED DUE TO THE ROUGH TERRAIN CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND BENDING THE PROPELLER AND INDUCING AN ENGINE SUDDEN STOPPAGE.

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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