# Incident 20211028018769I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Fredericksburg, VA, October 28, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 2021, 16:15 local time
- Place: Fredericksburg, VA
- Airport: Shannon
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2669° N, 77.4492° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHANNON (EZF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2669&lon=-77.4492&mi=10
- Aircraft: N252L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N252L) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211028018769I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT HAD AN ENGINE FAILURE SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF AND PILOT LANDED IN A FIELD.

## Other reports on N252L (1)

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

- [Incident 20181207023319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181207023319I), Dec 7, 2018: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N252L), Lancaster, SC, Minor damage. Pilot stated he forgot to extend the landing gear before landing. Aircraft landed with the landing gear retracted causing minor damage to the nose gear doors…

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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