# Incident 19831111070849I: Mooney M20F, Wharton, TX, November 11, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 1983, 20:15 local time
- Place: Wharton, TX
- Airport: Wharton
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.2543° N, 96.1544° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHARTON RGNL (ARM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2543&lon=-96.1544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52DB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52DB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Reported engine: CONT IO360A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 370 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831111070849I

## Narrative

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

ELECTRICAL FAILURE AT NIGHT. TURNED OFF RUNWAY ONTO GRASSY AREA IN THE DARK AND HIT A DITCH.

## Other reports on N52DB (3)

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

- [Incident 20240530007139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240530007139I), May 30, 2024: Mooney M20F (N52DB), Springfield, TN, Minor damage. During roll-out phase of landing, nose landing gear broke midway down causing the propeller to strike the runway.
- [Incident 20051124029739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051124029739I), Nov 24, 2005: Mooney M20F (N52DB), Hopkinsville, KY, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot departed Hopkinsville, KY airport (hvg) at approximately 11:20 hrs on what was to be a local area sight seeing/proficiency flight. Pilot was in…
- [Incident 19891006066179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891006066179I), Oct 6, 1989: Mooney M20F (N52DB), Pensacola, FL, Minor damage. Landing gear collapsed on landing. Was returning after extensive landing gear work.

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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