# Incident 20160226001889I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Easton, MD, February 26, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2016, 15:28 local time
- Place: Easton, MD
- Airport: Easton Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7763° N, 76.0705° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Easton, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7763&lon=-76.0705&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY AIRCRAFT CORP. M20K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 440 total, 270 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160226001889I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE HE EXPERIENCED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE WHILE AT CRUISE. HE ADVISED POTOMAC TRACON OF THE SITUATION WHILE RECEIVING FLIGHT FOLLOWING AND WAS DIRECTED TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT OF ESN.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE PERFORMED THE APPROACH AT HIGHER THAN NORMAL SPEED, DUE TO THE LACK OF POWER FROM THE ENGINE, AND BOUNCED ON THE RUNWAY MULTIPLE TIMES STRIKING THE PROP.  BOTH PROPELLER BLADES HAD  BEEN BENT OVER FROM THE STRIKE AND BEEN DISLODGED FROM THE PROP HUB.  UPON INTERNAL INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE, A BROKEN VALVE WAS FOUND ON THE #4 CYLINDER. CONSULTED WITH OPERATIONS INSPECTOR FOR RECOMMENDATION.  AT THIS TIME THE IIC RECOMMENDS A 44709 RE-EXAM ON EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND LANDINGS.

## Other reports on N231L (1)

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

- [Incident 19890615015709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890615015709I), Jun 15, 1989: Mooney M20K (N231L), Rock Springs, WY, Minor damage. Pilot returning to airport due to turbulence forgot to lower the landing gear and landed with gear up. .

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.