# Incident 20081017854619I: Mooney M20K, College City, CA, October 17, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2008, 10:00 local time
- Place: College City, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0061° N, 122.0051° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of College City, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0061&lon=-122.0051&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231SS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231SS) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,400 total, 3,800 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081017854619I

## Narrative

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

(-23) IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF THIS AIRCRAFT, N231SS, LOST ENGINE POWER AND MADE A EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLLEGE CITY, CA.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGED AND TWO OCCUPANTS ONBOARD RECEIVED NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N231SS (1)

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

- [Incident 19871213080399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871213080399I), Dec 13, 1987: Mooney M20K (N231SS), Pocatello, ID, Minor damage. Engine shutdown approaching airport. Landed safely. Cylinder arm assembly worked loose. Oil dripped on manifold.

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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