# Incident 20140606008709I: Mooney M20M, Marshall, MN, June 6, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2014, 13:40 local time
- Place: Marshall, MN
- Airport: Southwest Minnesota Regional Marsh
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4517° N, 95.8244° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA RGNL MARSHALL/RYAN FLD (MML), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4517&lon=-95.8244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9156Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9156Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20M (registry code 5870222, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 194 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140606008709I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KMLE AT APPROXIMATELY 13:00 CDT WITH INTENDED DESTINATION OF KAXN.  AIRCRAFT WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT.  AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 5500' MSL, APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES FROM KMML, THE WINDSHIELD WAS SUDDENLY COVERED IN OIL ELIMINATING ALL FORWARD VISION.  PILOT STATED THAT HE PULLED BACK THE THROTTLE AND BEGAN AN IMMEDIATE DESCENT TO KMML.  THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 12 AND WENT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, STOPPING IN THE GRASS.  ON SCENE INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT FOUND THAT THE PLUG AT THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE AND THE PROPELLER GOVERNOR IDLER GEAR SHAFT HAD DEPARTED THE ENGINE CRANKCASE AND WERE FOUND INSIDE THE PROPELLER RING GEAR ASSEMBLY.

## Other reports on N9156Z (1)

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

- [Accident 20210807013489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210807013489A), Aug 7, 2021: Mooney M20M (N9156Z), Victoria, MN, Destroyed, 3 fatal. 2021-08-07 1740 CDT, N9156Z, Mooney M20M, on approach to kfcm made a rapid descent and impacted the ground approximately 9.5 miles west of the runway. On…

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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