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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Rialto, CA · October 2, 2011

Date
October 2, 2011 · 18:15 local
Place
Rialto, CA
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N345TM
Reported as
Mooney M20F
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total1,000 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot stated that while he was in the cruise flight the aircraft encountered a violent shake. Smoke was billowing from the engine. Lost of power occured and emergency was declared. Aircraft landed safely at Rialto airport CA. Visual inspection was conducted. Engine suffered catastrophic failure. Teardown will be conducted to determine exact cause of failure. Inspection date to be determined.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS IN THE CRUISE FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A VIOLENT SHAKE. SMOKE WAS BILLOWING FROM THE ENGINE. LOST OF POWER OCCURED AND EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT RIALTO AIRPORT CA. VISUAL INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED. ENGINE SUFFERED CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. TEARDOWN WILL BE CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE EXACT CAUSE OF FAILURE. INSPECTION DATE TO BE DETERMINED.