# Incident 19940725029669I: Mooney M20K, Norfolk, NE, July 25, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 1994, 11:45 local time
- Place: Norfolk, NE
- Airport: Karl Stefan Memorial
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9855° N, 97.4351° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Karl Stefan Memorial Airport (OFK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9855&lon=-97.4351&mi=10
- Aircraft: N252P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520NB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 3,200 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940725029669I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MONDAY, JULY 25, 1994, APPROXIMATELY 1145 CDT, THE PILOT OF MOONEY N252P REPORTED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE AT CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 27,000 FEET MSL IN THE VICINITY OF NORFOLK, NEBRASKA. MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC ADVISED N252P THE SIOUX CITY, IOWA AIRPORT WAS APPROXIMATELY 60 MILES STRAIGHT AHEAD AND CLEARED N252P FOR DESCENT AND LANDING AT SIOUX CITY, IOWA. THE PILOT ADVISED MINNEAPOLIS ARTCC THERE WAS AN AIRPORT ABEAM OF THEIR PRESENT POSITION AND REQUESTED THEY BE CLEARED TO LAND THERE INSTEAD OF SIOUX CITY, IOWA. N252P WAS CLEARED TO LAND AT THE KARL STEPHAN AIRPORT, NORFOLK, NEBRASKA. THE PILOT MADE A SUCCESSFUL "DEAD-STICK" LANDING AT NORFOLK, NEBRASKA ON RUNWAY 01. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE TURBOCHARGER HAD FAILED APPARENTLY DUE TO INGESTION OF FOD. THE ENGINE SUFFERED INTERNAL DAMAGE AS WELL AND WAS REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. THE ENGINE, A CONTINENTAL IO-520-NB, HAD BEEN INSTALLED 315.9 HOURS PREVIOUSLY AS PART OF THE MOONEY "ROCKET CONVERSION" STC. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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