# Incident 20100401031139I: Mooney M-20F, Ft Benton, MT, April 1, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 2010, 18:35 local time
- Place: Ft Benton, MT
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.8288° N, 110.6561° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Benton, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8288&lon=-110.6561&mi=10
- Aircraft: CGNWK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M-20F
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-A1A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 4 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100401031139I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 1, 2010, AT 18:22 , A MOONEY M-20F,C-GNWK REGISTERED TO BENTLY PATZER EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE AND LANDED AT FT BENTON, MONTANA, WHILE TRAVELING TO GREAT FALLS MONTANA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS WHERE UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SASCATOON, SASCACHUWAN CANADA, APRIL 1,2010 AT 1600EST.

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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