# Incident 19811226087009I: Mooney M20E, Dallas, TX, December 26, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1981, 17:00 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Love
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7831° N, 96.8067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dallas, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7831&lon=-96.8067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1249X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1249X-2002-10-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 130 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/19811226087009I

## Narrative

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

ZA ENGINE FAILED ENROUTE. LANDED DEAD STICK AT AIRPORT. CYLINDER STUD MOUNT FAILED, SEPERATED CYLINDER.

## Other reports on N1249X (2)

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

- [Accident 19931222047139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931222047139A), Dec 22, 1993: Mooney M20E (N1249X), St Louis, MO, Destroyed. Ran out of fuel on low fuel vectored approach. Struck trees one mile east of airport.
- [Incident 19870807055769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870807055769I), Aug 7, 1987: Mooney M20E (N1249X), Bloomington-Nor, IL, Minor damage. Engine lost power on takeoff. Landed in a field. Fuel servo was corroded internally.

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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