# Incident 20091230053359I: Mooney M20J, Aberdeen, SD, December 30, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2009, 12:50 local time
- Place: Aberdeen, SD
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4652° N, 98.4698° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aberdeen, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4652&lon=-98.4698&mi=10
- Aircraft: N339PB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N339PB-2013-07-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,656 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091230053359I

## Narrative

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

ON 12/30/2009 AT 1250 CDT A MOONEY M20J REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT DUE TO AN ENGINE FAILURE DURING A PART 91 FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  OTHER THAN THE ENGINE FAILURE, THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED DURING THE OFF FIELD LANDING AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER.  THE PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN ABERDEEN, SD (KABR) AT APPROXIMATELY 1230 CDT.

## Other reports on N339PB (2)

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

- [Accident 20120721016149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120721016149A), Jul 21, 2012: Mooney M20J (N339PB), Oshkosh, WI, Substantial damage. On July 21, 2012, at approximately 1620 CDT, a Mooney M20J airplane, N339PB, was substantially damaged when, on landing at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, it bounced…
- [Incident 20090913017649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090913017649I), Sep 13, 2009: Mooney M20J (N339PB), Tekamah, NE, Minor damage. (-23) On September 13, 2009, at 1300 CDT, a Mooney M20J, N339PB [privacy data omitted], piloted by [privacy data omitted] was involved in a gear up landing at…

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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