# Incident 20100720039869I: Mooney M20B, Casper, WY, July 20, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2010, 18:25 local time
- Place: Casper, WY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8421° N, 106.3213° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Casper, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8421&lon=-106.3213&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78905, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78905) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20B (registry code 5870206, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 141 total, 40 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100720039869I

## Narrative

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

PILOT NOTED ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DROPPING RAPIDLY. CONTACTED CASPER TOWER FOR CLEARANCE TO LAND THEN WAS FORCED TO LAND IN RUGGED TERRAIN ABOUT 3 MILES SHORT OF AIRPORT   POST INCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED THAT RIGHT MAGNETO HAD SEPARATED COMPLETELY FROM ENGINE AND ENGINE MAIN CASE CRACKED OPEN IN AREA ABOVE LEFT FRONT CYLINDER ATTACHMENT.  SDR # 2010FA0000819 SUBMITTED

## Other reports on N78905 (1)

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

- [Incident 20070507008549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070507008549I), May 7, 2007: Mooney M20B (N78905), Ravenna, OH, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot landed gear up on 5-7-2007. Assigned to iic on 5-16-2007. Airworthiness inspector on duty took initial call and obtained pilot, aircraft, basic…

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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