# Incident 20160510024039I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Santa Ana, CA, May 10, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2016, 11:00 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne/Orange County Airpo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6757° N, 117.8682° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHN WAYNE/ORANGE COUNTY (SNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6757&lon=-117.8682&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231LG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231LG) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160510024039I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO START HIS MOONEY TWO TIMES.  DURING THE SECOND START ATTEMPT THE ENGINE BACKFIRED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAW SMOKE FOLLOW ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BY, "FINGERS OF FIRE". AT THAT POINT HE EXPEDITIOUSLY EXITED THE AIRPLANE LEAVING THE AIRPLANE DOOR OPEN. THE FIRE MADE ITS WAY INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE AIRPLANE, BURNING THE HEADLINER AND THEN THE BACK SEAT AREA. LINE SERVICE EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE.

## Other reports on N231LG (1)

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

- [Incident 20211224021349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211224021349I), Dec 24, 2021: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N231LG), Winchester, VA, Minor damage. Description: airman was practicing an engine out approach to okv rwy 32. While on downwind abeam the numbers he reduced power and began a close in turn to…

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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