# Incident 19951111041009I: Mooney M20E, Kearney, NE, November 11, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 1995, 14:30 local time
- Place: Kearney, NE
- Airport: Kearney Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7270° N, 99.0068° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KEARNEY RGNL (EAR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7270&lon=-99.0068&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3429X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3429X-2020-12-08) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 150 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951111041009I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT REPORTED AFTER TAKEOFF FROM KEARNEY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, KEARNEY, NE THE ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING RIGHT. A PRECAUTIONARY TURN BACK WAS MADE. ON APPROACH TO KEARNEY, NE WHEN THE THROTTLE WAS CLOSED, THE ENGINE HAD AN INVOLUNTARY SHUTDOWN. DURING AN INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE BY A CERTIFICATED MECHANIC, IT WAS FOUND THAT THREE (3) OF THE FOUR (4) ENGINE FUEL INTAKE PIPE GASKETS HAD DETERIORATED ALLOWING THE PIPES TO BE LOOSE. THIS CAUSED THE FUEL MIXTURE TO BE LEAN AND WHEN THE THROTTLE WAS CLOSED THE ENGINE STOPPED DUE TO IMPROPER FUEL AIR MIXTURE. AN M OR D REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY THE MAINTENANCE SHOP. 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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